Bo Xilai to Face Prosecution

September 28th, 2012

Bo Xilai will face prosecution:

Mr. Bo is accused, among other things, of abusing his power in relation to the case of a British businessman who authorities say was murdered by Mr. Bo’s wife and of taking “massive bribes” directly and through his family, according to Xinhua, the state news agency.

It says a lot about China’s system that someone as corrupt as Bo, and who ruined as many people’s lives as he did, was only charged with crimes when his actions became inconvenient for the CCP. In China, that tends to be the only way to get justice: give the party no other choice.