A French architect linked to the family of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai has flown to China where he is set to be questioned by the Communist authorities over his business links to Mr Bo and his wife.
The French foreign ministry said Patrick Devillers, who is under consular protection by Paris, had voluntarily agreed to travel to China to co-operate with the Chinese judiciary. He had been detained in Phnom Penh by Cambodian authorities since June 13.
“He told our ambassador that he had obtained a certain number of guarantees from the Chinese authorities,” a spokesman for the ministry said yesterday, without giving further details.