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Neil Heywood (20 October 1970 – 14 November 2011) was an English businessman who worked in China. He was associated with Bo Xilai, the former Communist Party of China Committee Secretary for Chongqing and a member of the Chinese Politburo. Heywood was found dead in his hotel room in Chongqing, and the initial official reports (which have subsequently been challenged) attributed his death to alcohol poisoning. Media reports have suggested that the former chief of police under Bo, Wang Lijun, may have had information about Heywood's death. Wang fled to the US consulate in Chengdu on 6 February 2012 and allegedly told US diplomats that Heywood had been poisoned, and that Bo's family was involved in corruption.〔 The Wang Lijun incident precipitated Bo's high-profile sacking two weeks later.〔 According to a reinvestigation by the Chinese authorities, evidence indicates that Heywood was murdered, with Gu Kailai, Bo Xilai's wife, and Zhang Xiaojun, an orderly at Bo's home, "highly suspected," according to Xinhua News. On 26 July 2012, Gu Kailai was charged with the murder of Neil Heywood and in August convicted of the crime. ==Personal life== Born in 1970, Heywood attended the English public school Harrow between 1984 and 1988.〔Harrow School Register 2002 8th edition edited by S W Bellringer & published by The Harrow Association〕 He graduated in international relations from the University of Warwick. He spent more than a decade in China, and was a Chinese speaker. He was married to Wang Lulu, a Chinese national from Dalian, and had two children, 11-year-old Olivia and seven-year-old Peter, who both attend the Beijing branch of Dulwich College. They lived in a private, tree-lined compound of expensive villas on the outskirts of Beijing. Heywood drove an S-type Jaguar, with a Union Jack bumper sticker. Heywood was not a heavy drinker, but was a chain smoker. His father, Peter, died of a heart attack after drinks over dinner at his London home in 2004 at age 63, according to family members. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Neil Heywood」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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