The November 2011 death of Mr Heywood brought down Mr Bo Xilai, the former Communist Party chief of Chongqing and a high-flier who was once tipped for top office. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in April that Mr Heywood was not a government employee “in any capacity”.
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British businessman Neil Heywood was murdered to prevent him revealing an “unspeakable” and “complicated” secret, one of China’s top forensic scientists has claimed.
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The death of Neil Heywood has come under fresh scutiny as new details can be disclosed about the business dealings of the Chinese woman accused of his murder – including a bizarre deal she struck to import hot air balloons from Dorset to China.
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The death in China of Neil Heywood, the British businessman, took on a series of dramatic twists yesterday as it was disclosed that President Barack Obama was taking personal interest in the alleged murder.
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William Hague has discussed the murder of businessman Neil Heywood with Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State the Foreign Office said.
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Bo Xilai’s five-year reign over Chongqing, the world’s largest city, saw a string of officials in his administration commit suicide, the jailing or silencing of scores of his opponents, and a near bankruptcy of the city’s finances, a Daily Telegraph investigation has learned.
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The Old Harrovian businessman Neil Heywood was poisoned with cyanide on the orders of a powerful Chinese politician’s wife, according to a report compiled for the Chinese government
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The son of the Chinese power couple embroiled in the scandal over British businessman Neil Heywood’s death was escorted from his home by US officials, as experts said he could obtain asylum in America.
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The wife of a senior Chinese Communist Party official has been named as a suspect in the murder of a British businessman. Gu Kailai, the wife ex-Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai, is being investigated for intentional homicide of British man Neil Heywood, who died in the city last November, according to Chinese reports
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New questions arise daily over the death of British businessman Neil Heywood since the surprise ousting of Politburo grandee Bo Xilai in Chongqing.
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