PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A Frenchman who was being held in Cambodia because of his alleged links to China's biggest political scandal in two decades has been flown to China, where he is wanted as a witness in the case, Cambodia's information minister said on Wednesday.
Patrick
Henri Devillers, 52, had been detained last month because of suspected
business links to the wife of deposed Chinese politician Bo Xilai.
Information
Minister Khieu Kanharith told Reuters Devillers had taken a flight from
Cambodia to China late on Tuesday and that he had left of his own free
will.
"China wants him as a witness," he said.
Bo's
wife, Gu Kailai, has been named by China as a suspect in the murder
last November of British businessman Neil Heywood. Both Heywood and
Devillers were known to be close to her.
(Reporting by Prak Chan Thul; Writing by Alan Raybould; Editing by Martin Petty and Mark Bendeich)
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