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Ex-Chinese Leader Hu Jintao Left Party Congress Due to Feeling Unwell - Reports

© AFP 2023 / NOEL CELISChina's President Xi Jinping (R) sits beside Premier Li Keqiang (L) as former president Hu Jintao (C) is assisted to leave from the closing ceremony of the 20th Chinese Communist Party's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 22, 2022
China's President Xi Jinping (R) sits beside Premier Li Keqiang (L) as former president Hu Jintao (C) is assisted to leave from the closing ceremony of the 20th Chinese Communist Party's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 22, 2022 - Sputnik International, 1920, 22.10.2022
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MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - China's former leader Hu Jintao left the closing session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing as he was feeling unwell, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday after footage of Hu being led out of the venue emerged on the internet.
The closing ceremony took place earlier on Saturday, while its first part, when new members of the CPC Central Committee were approved, was held behind closed doors. Reporters were only allowed to attend the second part of the key Communist party meeting, when participants voted on resolutions on the report of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC and other documents.
After a while, Hu, sitting to the left of China's current leader Xi Jinping, was escorted out of the room with the help of two assistants and his seat remained empty until the end of the session.
According to Xinhua, its reporter Liu Jiawen learnt that Hu, who is 79, had insisted on attending the closing session, although he had "been taking time to recuperate recently."
When Hu found he was "not feeling well" during the event, he was led out of the hall "for a rest," the news agency said, adding that the ex-leader was feeling "much better" now.
Hu served as the General Secretary of the CPC from 2002 to 2012 and was the country's leader from 2003 to 2013 before being succeeded by Xi.
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