China punishes man for posting Bo case details

Published October 13, 2012 10:31am ET



BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese man has been ordered to serve seven days in detention for posting details online about the case of a former police chief that set off a political firestorm this year, state media reported Saturday.

The leaked information revealed that Wang Lijun, the former police chief of the southwest city of Chongqing, traveled to Beijing accompanied by national security officers in February after leaving a U.S. Consulate in the nearby city of Chengdu, where he had divulged information that bought down high-profile politician Bo Xilai.

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