After Bo Xilai, the scandal-troubled former Party chief of China’s central-western megalopolis of Chongqing, was removed from office on March 15, his former ally, Chongqing Mayor Huang Qifan quickly turned on him, exposed Bo’s dark secrets to the central government.
Communist Party chief of Chongqing Bo Xilai and Mayor Huang Qifan missed an important city work conference on Thursday and their absence has raised speculation about their possible arrest.