Awkward moment when ex-president Hu Jintao escorted out of China’s Communist Party congress


BEIJING: An "unusual" scene at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China sent the media into a guessing game on what happened to former president Hu Jintao.

At the closing ceremony of the congress Saturday (Oct 22), Hu - the predecessor of Xi Jinping - was seen being escorted out of the auditorium of the Great Hall of the People here, where the event was held.

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