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(AP) BEIJING – Four senior Chinese police officers went on trial Friday on accusations they helped the wife of one of the country’s highest-profile politicians cover up the murder of a British businessman in a scandal that has shaken the highest levels of leadership. The case was heard in the same court in eastern China’s Anhui province where the murder case against Gu Kailai finished in less than a day Thursday. Hefei Intermediate People’s Court clerk Zhang Li confirmed the officers’ trial was being held but gave no details. Gu, the wife of Bo Xilai, the disgraced former Communist Party boss of the western city of Chongqing, did not contest the charges against her, court officials said. The verdict against her and a family aide also charged with murder was expected soon. A guilty verdict is all but assured and carries the potential punishment of 10 years in prison up to a death sentence. Murder trial for fallen China pol wraps in a dayExpert: China murder trial “just theater”China politician’s wife charged with murder The four Chongqing officers are accused of helping Gu cover up her actions during an investigation into business associate Neil Heywood’s death last November, the official Xinhua News Agency said. It named them as Guo Weiguo, a former deputy chief of Chongqing’s Public Security Bureau, Li Yang, Wang Pengfei and Wang Zhi. One of China’s...

(CBS/AP) BEIJING – After a quick and secretive trial for the murder of a British businessman, the wife of disgraced former Communist Party boss Bo Xilai still awaits her fate. In the most extensive report on the trial to date, state media reported that Gu Kailai had “confessed to the intentional murder” of Neil Heywood, apologized for the “tragedy” she caused and was ready to accept her punishment. The account described her as having been depressed and fearful that Heywood, her business associate, 슬롯 머신 이기는 방법 would harm her family — factors that may bring leniency when she is likely convicted and sentenced. Gu and a household aide, Zhang Xiaojun, were accused of poisoning Heywood with cyanide last November after having a dispute over economic interests. Murder trial of Gu Kailai, wife of fallen China politician Bo Xilai, ends after just 1 day4 senior China cops tried for allegedly covering up details of Bo Xilai, Gu Kailai scandalVideo: Gu Kailai murder trial: Quick and secretive Gu’s arrest and the ouster of her husband as Chongqing party chief in March sparked the biggest political turbulence in China since the putdown of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. Her tightly orchestrated trial was a step toward resolving the scandal before the party’s once-a-decade leadership transition this fall. The court in Hefei in eastern China’s Anhui province said a verdict against...