Even though Bo and Wang are basically excluded from being considered as participating before in the fatal case, Beijing scholars revealed that both have the possibility of conviction.
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记者：“我们注意到现在外面有很多关于前中央政治局委员周永康的一些消息和报导，我不知道发言人对这个事情有没有什么可以透露的？”吕新华：“我们所说的不论是什么人不论其职位有多高，只要是触犯了党纪国法，都要受到严肃的追查和严厉的惩处，绝不是一句空话。我只能回答成这样了，你懂的。”
記者：“我們注意到現在外面有很多關於前中央政治局委員周永康的一些消息和報導，我不知道發言人對這個事情有沒有什麼可以透露的？”呂新華：“我們所説的不論是什麼人不論其職位有多高，只要是觸犯了黨紀國法，都要受到嚴肅的追查和嚴厲的懲處，絕不是一句空話。我只能回答成這樣了，你懂的。”
jì zhě ： “ wǒ men zhù yì dào xiàn zài wài miàn yǒu hěn duō guān yú qián zhōng yāng zhèng zhì jú wěi yuán zhōu yǒng kāng de yī xiē xiāo xī hé bào dǎo ， wǒ bù zhī dào fā yán rén duì zhè ge shì qíng yǒu méi yǒu shén me kě yǐ tòu lù de ？ ” Ｌǚ xīn huá ： “ wǒ men suǒ shuō de bù lùn shì shén me rén bù lùn qí zhí wèi yǒu duō gāo ， zhǐ yào shì chù fàn le dǎng jì guó fǎ ， dōu yào shòu dào yán sù de zhuī chá hé yán lì de chéng chǔ ， jué bù shì yī jù kōng huà ． wǒ zhǐ néng huí dá chéng zhè yàng le ， nǐ dǒng de ． ”
Journalist: "We noticed that there are currently a lot of (unconfirmed) news and reports about the former Politburo member Zhou Yongkang in the media. I'm not sure - is there anything the spokesperson would like to disclose regarding this?"
In May 2015, South Korean National Intelligence Service person in charge disclosed to the National Assembly that Minister of the People's Armed Forces Hyon Yong-chol, who was North Korean Military No. 2 person in charge, was executed for treason. They also claimed that Hyon Yong-chol was shot dead by anti-aircraft gun — so called "execution by artillery fire".