OUSTED Chinese political star Bo Xilai went on trial for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power on Thursday, asking to be treated "fairly" at the start of the country's highest-profile prosecution for decades.

Bo was accused of abusing his political powers to cover up his wife's murder of a British businessman in 2011, according to the Twitter-like weibo account of the Intermediate People's Court in Jinan, in eastern China.

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