This video image taken from CCTV shows Gu Kailai, center, the wife of disgraced politician Bo Xilai, standing trial in the Intermediate People`s Court in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei Thursday. (AP_Yonhap News)
Gu Kailai, the wife of Chinese politician, Bo Xilai, was handed a suspended death sentence on Aug. 19 for the murder of Neil Heywood, a British businessman.
However, speculation on the Internet suggests that Gu employed a lookalike to take her place in court, according to news sources.
Gu, 53, appears plumper in images taken in the courtroom, which struck many as odd because most Chinese prisoners lose weight in jail. Two security experts knowledgeable about facial recognition software stated that the person in the courtroom footage was not Gu.
After the suggestion of a body double spread like wildfire, the Chinese state security blocked the term “body double” from being searched on the Internet.
If this allegation is true, it is possible that the real Gu struck a deal with the Communist Party chiefs.
Other claims being made by speculators are that the government used a stand-in for Gu because her appearance changed so much since she was taken into custody and that Gu’s bloated appearance is due to medication she is taking to treat her “mental state.”
From news reports
(khnews@heraldcorp.com)
(AP)
MOST POPULAR