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China likely to show leniency to ex-police chiefFILE - In this March 13, 2012 file photo, Chongqing party secretary Bo Xilai attends the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China. China said late Tuesday, April 10, the ousted high-profile leader Bo, once a contender for a seat in the top leadership, has been suspended from key Communist Party positions in the latest development in the country's biggest political crisis in years. Bo was dismissed as Communist Party boss of the mega-city of Chongqing on March 15 shortly after his former police chief fled temporarily to a U.S. consulate, apparently to seek asylum. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)(Credit: Ng Han Guan)

CHENGDU, China (AP) — The sentencing of a former police chief who exposed a murder by a politician’s wife is the latest sign that China’s leadership is tying off a political scandal to move ahead with a handover of power.

Wang Lijun is expected to be given a lenient sentence by a court in the southwest city of Chengdu on Monday. At his trial last week, Wang confessed to defecting, abuse of power and other charges. Prosecutors argued that he deserved leniency for cooperating in uncovering the murder of a British businessman by the wife of Wang’s former boss, disgraced politician Bo Xilai.

The scandal has been the messiest one Communist Party leaders have faced in decades. It triggered bruising internal jostling as the leadership prepares to transfer power to a younger generation.

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