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| BEIJING — A verdict and sentence in the case of Bo Xilai, the former high-ranking official whose downfall shook the Communist Party, will be announced Sunday, Chinese authorities said. | BEIJING — A verdict and sentence in the case of Bo Xilai, the former high-ranking official whose downfall shook the Communist Party, will be announced Sunday, Chinese authorities said. |
| A short statement Wednesday from the court in the city of Jinan in Shandong Province, where Mr. Bo’s trial was held in August, said that the court would “pronounce judgment on the accused, Bo Xilai, on charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power.” | A short statement Wednesday from the court in the city of Jinan in Shandong Province, where Mr. Bo’s trial was held in August, said that the court would “pronounce judgment on the accused, Bo Xilai, on charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power.” |
| Political analysts said they expected that Mr. Bo would be found guilty and receive a lengthy prison sentence. Estimates of his sentence ranged from 15 to 20 years to life. It is highly unlikely that he will receive the death penalty, they said. | Political analysts said they expected that Mr. Bo would be found guilty and receive a lengthy prison sentence. Estimates of his sentence ranged from 15 to 20 years to life. It is highly unlikely that he will receive the death penalty, they said. |
| Mr. Bo, the former party chief in the city of Chongqing, fell from power in March 2012, weeks after his former police chief fled to an American Consulate office with accusations that Mr. Bo’s wife, Gu Kailai, was involved in the murder of Neil Heywood, a British family associate. Ms. Gu was found guilty last year of killing Mr. Heywood and received a suspended death sentence. | |
| During his five-day trial last month, Mr. Bo denied having received $3.56 million from two businessmen. He was allowed to defend himself, and he and his lawyers were permitted to cross-examine witnesses. | During his five-day trial last month, Mr. Bo denied having received $3.56 million from two businessmen. He was allowed to defend himself, and he and his lawyers were permitted to cross-examine witnesses. |
| Transcripts of the trial were made public, including descriptions of squabbles within the Bo family and the upscale lifestyle of Ms. Gu and the couple’s son, Bo Guagua. | Transcripts of the trial were made public, including descriptions of squabbles within the Bo family and the upscale lifestyle of Ms. Gu and the couple’s son, Bo Guagua. |
| But some sections of the transcript, in which Mr. Bo described pressure by Communist Party investigators to confess, were kept out of the public record. | But some sections of the transcript, in which Mr. Bo described pressure by Communist Party investigators to confess, were kept out of the public record. |
| Since the trial, legal scholars in China have debated whether its relative transparency would contribute to any progress toward establishing an independent judiciary with due process, or whether it amounted to political theater used by the party for its own ends. | Since the trial, legal scholars in China have debated whether its relative transparency would contribute to any progress toward establishing an independent judiciary with due process, or whether it amounted to political theater used by the party for its own ends. |
| Since the trial, other senior figures have been accused of corruption, including Jiang Jiemin, a Central Committee member close to Zhou Yongkang, the country’s former security chief and an ally of Mr. Bo. Mr. Jiang was fired from his job overseeing state-owned corporations earlier this month. | Since the trial, other senior figures have been accused of corruption, including Jiang Jiemin, a Central Committee member close to Zhou Yongkang, the country’s former security chief and an ally of Mr. Bo. Mr. Jiang was fired from his job overseeing state-owned corporations earlier this month. |