BEIJING, April 12 (UPI) -- China's official state-run media is hailing the government's crackdown on corruption as details of wealth amassed by deposed party official Bo Xilai emerged.
Bo's family reportedly garnered huge wealth and influence while he was an influential member of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo from Chongqing. The local party boss had ambitions to rise to the nine-member Politburo Standing Committee, which effectively runs China, before his abrupt fall in March, The New York Times said.
Apple Daily, a Hong Kong newspaper, Thursday reported Bo's older brother, Bo Xiyong, under an assumed name, for nine years was executive director and deputy general manager of a state-owned company that controlled a major Chinese bank and other lucrative businesses.
Chinese media this week began attempting to address the belief that nepotism is common among senior party members with relatives often getting high-paying jobs for family members at state-owned companies, the Times said.
Bo was suspended from the 25-member Politburo and party leaders said his wife was under investigation in the November death of British businessman Neil Heywood, who was found dead in Chongqing -- the city-state formally run by Bo's political machine.
