357:. In 2014, Li's sentence was changed by the Supreme court of Beijing to 7 years. The original first degree murder charge has been changed to secondary degree murder charge as the Supreme court of Beijing ruled that Zhao was accidentally killed by Li during a pillow play fight. The court decision was controversial as the court ruled without any new evidence. Zhao's mother, Yang Baoying, criticised the verdict as a travesty.
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rejected his refugee application, citing his murder conviction and contradictory testimony. Li has appealed against
Immigration NZ's decision to deny him and his family refugee status. Li's pro-Tibetan activism was disputed by the local Tibetan community in Auckland, who described his behaviour as
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Zhang Han, who was Li's cousin, was also implicated in the case. He later confessed that he had helped Li dispose of Zhao's body and helped Li travel back to China after the murder. Zhang's confession led to him being charged as an accessory after the fact in Zhao's murder. However, he was later
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The two murder suspects in the case, Li Ang (李昂) and Zhang Han (张瀚), were arrested in China in the summer of 2009. The prime suspect Li Ang, who was Zhao's boyfriend at the time of murder, was initially in Canada when Zhao's body was found. Li was a
Chinese national and a
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for murder, which is illegal in Canada. On
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was discovered contained within a suitcase by hikers near
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413:List of solved missing person cases
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81:Burnaby, British Columbia
77:October 7, 2002 (aged 21)
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842:Deaths from asphyxiation
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400:Immigration New Zealand
396:Chinese Communist Party
323:at the time of murder.
301:Simon Fraser University
832:Chinese murder victims
827:Canada–China relations
822:2002 murders in Canada
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709:The New Zealand Herald
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847:Female murder victims
261:international student
263:studying English at
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602:on October 11, 2008
424:Murder of Shao Tong
392:Jehovah's Witnesses
341:Canadian government
235:traditional Chinese
155:traditional Chinese
88:Cause of death
657:The Globe and Mail
430:Trial of Xiao Zhen
367:capital punishment
227:simplified Chinese
147:simplified Chinese
118:, British Columbia
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23:Amanda Zhao
811:Categories
659:. Toronto.
562:canada.com
443:References
284:Stave Lake
221:Background
199:to death.
189:Stave Lake
133:Occupation
116:Stave Lake
109:2002-10-20
73:2002-10-07
48:1981-02-28
799:Ming Pao
376:In 2023,
361:Aftermath
351:convicted
309:acquitted
273:Vancouver
197:strangled
123:Education
775:Archived
714:Archived
681:Archived
468:archived
407:See also
388:Auckland
317:basement
248:Zhào Wēi
185:suitcase
168:Zhào Wēi
92:Homicide
42:Zhao Wei
794:Sources
339:by the
328:Safeway
321:Burnaby
311:by the
253:Shaanxi
204:Beijing
193:autopsy
173:Chinese
136:Student
58:, China
56:Shaanxi
280:corpse
255:, the
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