News (E-T) #5: Chinese students get jail for kidnap, slaying

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Auckland, New Zealand (AP) – A New Zealand judge sentenced two Chinese students to 18.5 years in prison yesterday for ransom kidnapping and slaying of a fellow student, saying the two fell into "cyber sloth" and greed during their studies abroad.

Cui Xiangxin and Li Zheng, both 22, were found guilty by a jury of kidnapping and murdering Wan Biao, 19, in April 2006, and seeking a ransom from his family.

The victim's dismembered body was found in a floating suitcase in a harbour in Auckland in April 2006. Defence lawyer did not dispute that the kidnapping occurred, but maintained their clients did not originally intend to kill the victim.

The two convicted men will be deported to china after they serve their prison terms.

Translation 1

นักศึกษาจีนเข้าคุกข้อหาลักพาตัว ฆ่า

โอ๊คแลนด์ นิวซีแลนด์ (เอพี) – เมื่อวานนี้ผู้พิพากษาชาวนิวซีแลนด์ตัดสินจำคุกนักศึกษาจีนสองคนเป็นเวลา 18 ปีครึ่งข้อหาลักพาตัวเพื่อนนักศึกษาเรียกค่าไถ่และฆ่าคนตาย โดยกล่าวว่าระหว่างศึกษาต่อต่างประเทศทั้งสองตกอยู่ภายใต้ความ "เฉื่อยไซเบอร์" และความโลภ

นายซุ่ยเซียงซิ่น และนายหลีเจิ้ง อายุ 22 ปี ถูกคณะลูกขุนตัดสินว่ามีความผิดข้อหาลักพาตัวนายหว่านเปียว อายุ 19 ปีเมื่อเดือนเมษายน พ.ศ. 2549 และเรียกค่าไถ่จากครอบครัวของนายหว่าน

พบศพนายหว่านเปียวถูกหั่นเป็นชิ้นใส่กระเป๋าเดินทางลอยอยู่ในอ่าวเมืองโอ๊คแลนด์เมื่อเดือนเมษายน พ.ศ. 2549 ทนายฝ่ายจำเลยไม่ได้ปฏิเสธว่ามีการลักพาตัวแต่ยืนยันว่าลูกความของตนไม่ได้มีเจตนาที่จะฆ่าตั้งแต่แรก

ภายหลังถูกจองจำครบกำหนดเวลา จะส่งนักศึกษาจีนกลับประเทศ

cyber-sloth (n.) – "I've come to realize, however, that the Web has caused a new kind of laziness among undergraduates and high-school students. I call the phenomenon "cyber-sloth." (Carnie)

sloth (n.) – ความขี้เกียจ เกียจคร้าน สันหลังยาว เฉื่อยแฉะ

December 6, 2007 - 1:34am

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) – A New Zealand judge sentenced two Chinese students to 18½ years in prison Thursday for the ransom kidnapping and slaying of a fellow student, saying the two fell into "cyber sloth" and greed during their studies abroad.

Cui Xiangxin and Li Zheng, both 22, were found guilty by a jury in October of kidnapping and murdering Wan Biao, 19, in April 2006, and seeking a ransom from his family. Wang Yuxi, also 22, was acquitted of murder charges but found guilty of kidnapping Wan.

Judge John Priestley sentenced Wang to three years and nine months in prison. The court also accepted Wang's offer to pay $19,300 in amends to Wan's family in China. A fourth Chinese student defendant was acquitted in the case.

The victim's dismembered body was found in a floating suitcase in a harbor in Auckland in April 2006.

Defense lawyers did not dispute that the kidnapping occurred, but maintained their clients did not originally intend to kill the victim.

Justice Priestley condemned the trio's crimes, calling them chilling, calculated and cruel.

The three came from backgrounds that would be regarded as privileged in China, he said. In New Zealand to study, they had fallen into "cyber sloth," spending much of their time playing computer games and watching DVDs, the judge added.

The three convicted men will be deported to China after they serve their prison terms.

During a five-week trial in the High Court, prosecutors alleged that Cui and Li kidnapped and killed Wan, who was from Yiwu in China's Zhejiang province.

His body was stuffed in a black vinyl suitcase, along with bloodstained towels, plastic rubbish bags, two saws and a knife, and dumped in Waitemata Harbor in Auckland on April 14, 2006.

A ransom demand for $526,000 was made to Wan's parents in China at the time. Police said no money was handed over. Instead, Wan's mother in China alerted friends, who subsequently contacted New Zealand police. By that time Wan's body had been found by sailors in the harbor.