The Xinhua report said that a Bo family aide, Zhang Xiaojun, who stood trial with Ms. Gu, also confessed, saying in his testimony that he had escorted Mr. Heywood from Beijing to Chongqing where the Briton checked into the Nanshan Lijing Holiday hotel on Nov. 13, 2011.
And like Mr. Bo until recently, Mr. Zhang is a potential candidate for promotion to the Standing Committee although unwritten party norms suggest he would serve only one five-year term because he is 65 already.