According to Chinese news sources, Bo Xilai
once ordered the arrest of his own son in order to keep his first wife Li Danyu
silent about his affair with Gu Kai Lai, then the sister of Li's sister-in-law.
Beijingshots.com
reported that Bo told his police chief Wang Lijun to arrest his son Li Wanghe
for economic crimes to blackmail Li Danyu to remain silent ahead of the 18th
National Congress, where he wanted to secure a top position in China's leadership
transition.
He
allegedly married Li Danyu in 1976 for a political purpose; he wanted to use
her status as the daughter of the Beijing party secretary Li Xuefeng to climb
the political ladder.
Bo also
wanted to use their marriage to get rid of the stain on his past life as one of
those who suffered during the Cultural Revolution.
His
family was among those disgraced during the Revolution as his father, one of the
founding member of China Bo Yibo, was denounced by Mao Zedong in his attempts
to destroy his rivals.
Later,
Bo Xilai was jailed five years for stealing and returned to school to finish
his studies after he was released.
By
then, his father was rehabilitated and Bo Xilai no longer needed the influence
of his wife's family.
He
started having an affair with Gu Kailai, the sister of his wife's sister-in-law
while he was studying at Peking University.
According
to Beijingshots.com, Gu is the daughter of General Gu Jingsheng, the former
party second secretary of Xinjiang and political commissar of the Urumqi
Military Region.
Bo
Xilai then found an excuse to transfer himself to serve in Jinxian, near
Dalian, Liaoning, after finishing his studies so that he could get away from Li
Danyu.
Rumours
then spread of their extramarital affair and Li Danyu appealed to Beijing
authorities, including the People's Supreme Court and the China Women's
Federation.
She
refused to grant Bo Xilai a divorce until his father Bo Yibo used his power to
finalise the divorce four years later.
After
their divorce, she changed their son's surname to Li. He is currently serving
as a lawyer in China after studying law at Columbia University in the United
State.
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