Split in Briton's Family as Bo Trial Nears

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BY JEREMY PAGE
BEIJING—An apparent split emerged Monday among the relatives of Neil Heywood—a British businessman whose 2011 murder triggered China’s biggest political scandal in decades—when a Chinese lawyer who says he represents the family disputed that a recent appeal for compensation came from Mr. Heywood’s mother, Ann.
Meanwhile, another person close to the Heywood family confirmed that the statement, which was issued to The Wall Street Journal earlier this month, came from Ann Heywood and asserted that the lawyer represented only Mr. Heywood’s widow, but not his mother and sister.
The indications of confusion over the compensation issue were exposed just three …
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