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Judge who sentenced Bo Xilai to life in jail promoted to Supreme People's Court
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The judge who heard the case of disgraced politician Bo Xilai has been promoted to the country’s top court, mainland media have reported.
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Wang Xuguang, deputy head of the Jinan Intermediate People’s Court in Shandong, will take up a position with the Supreme People’s Court, said magazine Legal Weekly.
He will be working with the second filing court.
Wang’s performance at the hearing of the Bo case has been widely praised by legal observers and he was considered to have maintained a balanced approach to the defendant and public prosecutors.
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