Gu Kailai

Gu Kailai
Gu Kailai
Simplified Chinese	谷开来
Traditional Chinese	谷開來
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Gǔ Kāilái
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	薄谷开来
Traditional Chinese	薄谷開來
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Bógǔ Kāilái

Gu Kailai
Gu Kailai
谷开来
	Gu Kailai in 2007
Born	15 November 1958 (age 65); Linyi, Shanxi, China
Nationality	Chinese
Other names	Horus L. Kai; Bo Gu Kailai (薄谷开来)
Alma mater	Peking University
Occupation(s)	Attorney; businesswoman
Criminal charge	Murder of Neil Heywood
Criminal penalty	Death sentence with reprieve→Life imprisonment
Criminal status	Imprisoned
Spouse	Bo Xilai (m. 1986)
Children	Bo Guagua
Parent	Gu Jingsheng

Gu Kailai (born 15 November 1958) is a Chinese former lawyer and businesswoman. She is the second wife of former Politburo member Bo Xilai, one of China's most influential politicians until he was stripped of his offices in 2012. In August 2012, Gu was convicted of murdering British businessman Neil Heywood and was given a suspended death sentence, later commuted to life imprisonment in December 2015.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ "Bo Xilai scandal: Gu Kailai jailed over Heywood murder". BBC. 19 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
^ "Chinese politician's wife convicted of murder". Al Jazeera. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
^ Ruwitch, John (20 August 2012). "China's Gu Kailai gets suspended death sentence". Reuters. Retrieved 20 August 2012.

[BBC_20-1] "Bo Xilai scandal: Gu Kailai jailed over Heywood murder". BBC. 19 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.

[AJ_20-2] "Chinese politician's wife convicted of murder". Al Jazeera. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.

[Reuters_20-3] Ruwitch, John (20 August 2012). "China's Gu Kailai gets suspended death sentence". Reuters. Retrieved 20 August 2012.

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