Analysts say determining how to handle Bo’s trial would have required tough negotiations among the political elite, which can effectively dictate judicial proceedings.
From Dalian a city of seven million people Bo went on to run the national ministry of commerce and then Chongqing metropolis with a population of 30 million.
The final accusation abuse of power relates to his attempt last year to stop his Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun investigating the role of Bo’s wife Gu Kailai in the death of British businessman Neil Heywood, Caijing said.
Fearing retribution from his boss, Wang fled to a US consulate in the city of Chengdu in February 2012, revealing the tangled situation.
Bo was detained a month later and Gu was handed a suspended death sentence in August for murder.
China’s President Xi Jinping has pledged a crackdown on rampant official corruption, but analysts doubt how effective it can be without upending powerful vested interests.
Western media last year revealed that Xi’s family has amassed hundreds of millions of dollars in assets and former Premier Wen Jiabao’s relatives had control of up to $2.7 billion, although neither leader was linked with corruption.
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