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Miscellaneous See other Miscellaneous Articles Title: Guo Boxiong tried to flee China in women's clothing Want... Retired vice chair of China's Central Military Commission (CMC) Guo Boxiong reportedly boarded an airplane in women's clothing in an attempt to leave the country and avoid arrest in July last year, but his plan was foiled after Beijing learned of his attempt and grounded all planes, reports our Chinese-language sister paper China Times. Guo has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and his case was transferred to military prosecutors, it was announced on July 30 of this year. He allegedly decided to flee after another vice chair of the CMC, Xu Caihou, was arrested in March last year. Guo reportedly sought help from Chen Hongyan, then vice chief of the Beijing Military Region's political department, Wang Sheng, head of the PLA Air Force's logistic department and Liu Zirong, the then vice director of the national-level office controlling China's airspace. At round 6am on July 15, 2014, Guo, who was reportedly wearing women's clothing and a wig, took a flight from Beijing Capital International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport. He planned to take another flight from Shanghai to leave the country. However, an official of the Air Traffic Management Bureau discovered Guo's plan and reported it to Chinese president Xi Jinping, who ordered anti-graft chief Wang Qishan to shut down 12 airports in north and eastern China, which affected hundreds of planes, to prevent Guo from escaping. Guo, who is said to have already been on board a plane at the Shanghai airport, was reportedly shocked when police boarded the plane to detain him. Guo has reportedly been detained since. Liu, one of the three people said to have facilitated Guo's plan, jumped to his death in February this year while the remaining two, Chen and Wang, are being investigated by police. While Guo's son and Zhejiang military region political commissar Guo Zhenggang, have been under a corruption probe since Feb. 10. The commissar reportedly used his father's influence to secure bids for shopping mall Hangzhoug Rui Fang United Market and Hangzhou China Wujin Machinery and Electronic City, which were built on military land in 2007. His wife Wu Fangfang made 1.5 billion yuan (US$241 million) from renting the two malls to tenants over a period of five years until Guo Zhenggang was put under the probe and could no longer fund the two malls. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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