Murder at Center of Chinese Scandal That Tarred Official

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1. Briton in China murder riddle 'poisoned by cyanide drops'

A British businessman found dead in a Chinese hotel was murdered on the orders of a fallen Communist Party chief, according to new reports.

The extraordinary accounts – published on respected Mandarin-language websites yesterday – claimed to expose a sex-and-money scandal behind China's biggest political crisis in a generation.

The websites described how Old Harrovian Neil Heywood, 41, died from cyanide poisoning after allegedly having an affair with lawyer Gu Kailai, wife of Bo Xilai, seen until recently as a future leader of China.
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It was alleged yesterday that Mr Heywood was murdered after helping Mrs Gu to siphon nearly £800million of assets overseas.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2129870/Briton-China-murder-riddle-poisoned-cyanide-drops-Sensational-new-claims-expats-mystery-death-hotel.html#ixzz1s3gxRXsP

OK - this time, the Mail has drawn me in, fascinated by what it's saying. We all have our threshold for gossip ...