The trial of an ex-police chief at the heart of China's biggest political scandal in years has resumed, after it began in secret on Monday.
Wang Lijun is charged with defection, abuse of power and bribe-taking.
The trial was due to begin Tuesday but began earlier, unannounced, at a court in the southern city of Chengdu.
Mr Wang's flight to the US consulate in the city in February triggered events leading to the downfall of powerful politician Bo Xilai.
On the second day of the hearing, foreign journalists will not be given access to the public part of the trial.
'Head nurse'The trial had been expected to start on Tuesday, but Mr Wang's lawyer Wang Yuncai, who is not related to her client, said the hearing had started at 08:30 local time (0130 GMT) on Monday.
A brief report in state media said Mr Wang is standing trial for ''bribe-taking and bending the law for selfish ends'' on Tuesday.
''The Chengdu City Intermediate People's Court held a closed-door trial Monday on Wang's two other charges of defection and abuse of power,'' the Xinhua news agency report said.
On Tuesday, security officials stood guard outside the court.
- 6 Feb: Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun flees to the US consulate in Chengdu
- 15 Mar: Bo Xilai is removed from his post in Chongqing
- 20 Mar: Rumours suggest Mr Bo could be linked to the death of British businessman Neil Heywood
- 10 Apr: Bo Xilai is suspended from party posts and his wife, Gu Kailai, is investigated over Mr Heywood's death
- 26 July: Gu Kailai and Bo family employee Zhang Xiaojun are charged with killing Mr Heywood
- 9 Aug: Gu Kailai goes on trial for murder
- 20 Aug: Gu Kailai given suspended death sentence
- 5 Sept: Wang Lijun charged with defection, abuse of power and bribe-taking
- 17 Sept: Trial reportedly starts in secret in Chengdu
It is not clear how long Mr Wang's trial will last but that of Mr Bo's wife, Gu Kailai, lasted a day.
According to the UK Foreign Office, Mr Wang made allegations about Mr Heywood's death while at the US consulate.
Shortly afterwards, Mr Bo was sacked and Gu was accused and convicted of the murder of Mr Heywood and given a suspended death sentence.
Chinese media has been quiet on the trial and searches for Mr Wang's name and related terms have mostly been blocked on China's Twitter-like weibo microblogs.
However, netizens have been using pseudonyms such as "head nurse" - a term that puns on ''deputy mayor'' in Chinese - to make comments. Mr Wang, 52, was the deputy mayor of Chongqing.
A microblog user in Guangzhou said: "Good luck, head nurse."
"There should be a public holiday today, and the head nurse's trial should be broadcast live on TV so people can have a chance to learn what is the rule of law," said a microblog user in southern Zhuhai city.
Key congressThe trial is taking place ahead of a key party leadership congress in China, expected in the coming weeks, where
Earlier Chinese state media reports said the evidence against Mr Wang was "concrete and abundant".
The indictment against him said he knew that Gu was a murder suspect, but "consciously neglected his duty and bent the law for personal gain", Xinhua news agency reported.
Mr Wang's flight to the US consulate had proved an embarrassment for China and threw up issues involving diplomacy and state secrets, analysts say.
But most analysts expect him to be given a suspended death sentence, similar to the one meted out to Gu, reports say.
At a separate trial on 10 August, four senior police officers from Chongqing admitted to charges of covering up evidence linking Gu to the murder. A court official said they had been given terms of between five and 11 years in prison, AFP reported.
Mr Bo, Mr Wang's former boss in Chongqing, had been tipped for promotion to the top leadership ranks at the party congress before his downfall.
He has not been seen in public since the scandal erupted. He is said to be under investigation by the party's disciplinary officials.
18 Sep, 2012
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