Gu Kailai

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Gu Kailai ( Chinese  谷 開 來 , Pinyin Gǔ Kāilái ; born November 15, 1958 in Beijing , People's Republic of China ) is a Chinese lawyer.

Life

Gu Kailai is the youngest daughter of Gu Jingsheng (1903-2004), a former general in the People's Liberation Army and a high party official of the Chinese Communist Party . She is therefore considered a prince and is therefore also called the red princess . In 1984, she met Bo Xilai , who was party secretary in Dalian at the time . She married him in 1986 and in December 1987 gave birth to their son Bo Guagua. Gu founded her own law firm in Beijing in 1995 and in 1998 published a legal handbook on a US lawsuit she won. Because of her charisma and paired with her husband's political ambitions, the Wall Street Journal called her the " Jackie Kennedy of China".

Conviction of murder

In April 2012, Gu was arrested at the same time as her husband was disempowered on suspicion of involvement in the November 2011 killing of British businessman Neil Heywood. On July 26, 2012, prosecutors brought charges of murder. Gu Kailai was charged with poisoning Heywood along with Zhang Xiaojun, who was also accused. She and her son Bo Guagua reportedly had a dispute with Heywood over business issues. The trial, held in Hefei, resulted in a guilty verdict on August 20, 2012. Gu Kailai was sentenced to the conditional death penalty for murder. On December 14, 2015, the Beijing Supreme Court's motion was announced that the conditional death penalty should be commuted to life imprisonment for showing remorse and taking part in ideological training and physical labor in prison. The court did not say when it will decide. A conversion of the life sentence into a 25-year prison sentence is possible with continued good conduct.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Origin of Chinese Premier & political prisoner Gu Kailai . multipletext.com. August 1, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b Pampered little prince . Southgerman newspaper. August 25, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  3. ^ A b Jackie Kennedy of China 'at Center of Political Drama . Wall Street Journal. April 9, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  4. ^ Functionary Bo suspended from the Politburo . taz.de. April 11, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
  5. ↑ China's party scandal spreads . The New Zurich Times. April 12, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
  6. ↑ Bo Xilai's wife charged with murder . The New Zurich Times. July 26, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
  7. ↑ Liu Zhijun, Bogu Kailai Have Sentences Commuted on: China Radio International , December 14, 2015, accessed December 14, 2015
  8. ^ Wife of disgraced China party chief Bo Xilai given life for killing Briton in: The Guardian , December 14, 2015, accessed December 14, 2015
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Gu is the family name here, Kailai is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Gu, Kailai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Beijing