Bo named former top Chinese leaders in his trial: Reports
2 Sept 2013 5:40 AM IST
China’s disgraced leader Bo Xilai mentioned the names of former President Hu Jintao and ex-security czar Zhou Yongkang during his high-profile trial over graft charges but the references were omitted from the transcript released by court, a media report said on Sunday.
While defending allegations of corruption against himself, 64-year-old Bo said that when he was the commerce minister he had briefed Hu, then General Secretary of CPC, about plans to grant permission to a private corporate group to import crude oil and petroleum, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.
‘The official transcript also removed Bo’s mention of retired state leaders. In one instance, Bo explained to the court that, while he was minister of commerce, he had briefed then president Hu Jintao aboard his state aircraft on how he intended to grant permission to Xu Ming’s company, Dalian Shide Group, to act as a private importer of crude oil and petroleum’, the report said.
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