Gu Kailai | |
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谷开来 | |
Born | |
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 | |
Children | Bo Guagua |
Parent | Gu Jingsheng |
Gu Kailai | |||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 谷开来 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 谷開來 | ||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 薄谷开来 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 薄谷開來 | ||||||
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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]