CHINA BOMBSHELL

04-10-2012 • http://www.businessinsider.com, Mamta Badkar

Shamed former Chongquing party leader Bo Xilai has been implicated in the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood.

Now Bo has been stripped of his membership from the Politburo and the Central Committee.

A report from Xinhua, China's state news agency says:

"As Comrade Bo Xilai is suspected of being involved in serious discipline violations, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has decided to suspend his membership of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau and the CPC Central Committee, in line with the CPC Constitution and the rules on investigation of CPC discipline inspection departments.The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC will file the case for investigation."

Rumors have been circulating around the death of Heywood and some speculate that his death may have been ordered by Bo Xilai after it was discovered that his wife Gu Kailai was having an affair or a business dispute with the British businessman.