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'Killer' jailed for 10 yrs; then victim returns User: Password: Login Register Go Adv Search 中文 | Français Cover Stories: Suicides at Foxconn reveal woes Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Beijing : 31/20 Home China Business Metro Beijing Regional World Opinion Sports Life Entertainment Video Photo Debate Forum Society 'Killer' jailed for 10 yrs; then victim returns By Zuo Likun (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2010-05-07 16:56 Comments(13) Print Mail Large Medium Small Zhao Zuohai in central China's Henan province has been jailed for ten years, accused of "murdering" his neighbor Zhao Zhenshang. However, the "victim" reappears recently, u-turning an old-time case that lays bare custody torture by police officers and sends public confidence on local authorities into a tailspin. In May, 1999, the two Zhaos, unrelated, broke into a hatchet fight at their hometown Zhecheng County in Shangqiu city. Zhao Zhenshang went missing after the incident. A year later, a headless body was found in a village well and Zhao Zuohai was arrested, accused of murdering the missing Zhao, according to local daily Dahe Newspaper. Soon afterwards the arrested Zhao confessed to the crime and was given, at first, a death penalty with a two-year execution suspension. The sentence has been twice made lighter, to 29-year imprisonment. Ten years later, on May 2nd, the "victim" Zhao made a sudden reappearance. According to his recounting, rather than being killed, he simply fled the hatchet fight scene because he feared he might have killed the other Zhao, now imprisoned, in the frenzied hacking. After a ten-year departure, Zhao Zhenshang, now mild hemiplegic, has returned to seek welfare support. Relatives of the imprisoned Zhao said he made his confession due to police torture. "I asked him then if he was the killer, he strongly denied that," said Zhao's brother-in-law. He said the police had forced Zhao to drink chili water and had even set off firecrackers over his head. As for the headless body in village well, a local police officer told the newspaper that the authorities at that time "simply didn't confirm nor deny it was the missing Zhao Zhenshang". Anyway, Zhao Zuohai was sent to jail, and is still there. "It's an injustice," Zhao cried out in jail when his sister visited him on Tuesday, "I'm wronged and I want out." His hometown houses, just like his life, collapsed completely. His wife had since remarried, and three of his four children adopted by other families. 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Registration Number: License for publishing multimedia online 0108263 20100000002731 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/07/content_9823402.htm[5/25/2010 11:23:25 PM] 'Murder victim' returns home after 10 years User: Password: Login Register Go Adv Search 中文 | Français Cover Stories: Suicides at Foxconn reveal woes Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Beijing : 31/20 Home China Business Metro Beijing Regional World Opinion Sports Life Entertainment Video Photo Debate Forum Society 'Murder victim' returns home after 10 years By LI YUEFENG, JIAO HONGCHANG, SHENG JUNDONG AND WANG YAN (China Daily) Updated: 2010-05-08 09:55 Comments(0) Print Mail Large Medium Small Man has been in prison for 10 years for a crime he did not commit SHANGQIU, Henan - A convicted murderer in Central China's Henan province had been serving a sentence for almost 10 years when his alleged victim returned home. In 1999, Zhao Zuohai, a villager in Zhaolou village of Zhecheng county, Shangqiu city in Henan, received a suspended death sentence for killing his fellow villager, Zhao Zhenxiang, after the two had a fight. But local residents in the county could not believe their eyes when the so-called victim showed up on May 2. "He returned to the village a few days ago, partially paralyzed. He had never married and has no place to live. Nobody knows where he is now," Yu Hantao, a villager said on Friday. Yu said Zhao had run a small business in Taikang county in southeast Henan province over the years. Zhao Qingxi, the vice party secretary of the village, also confirmed with China Daily that Zhao Zhenxiang had indeed returned home. "They (the police) are also inquiring into the case that happened 10 years ago," he said. Li Zhongyuan, the village's party chief, said Zhao ran away 10 years ago because he was scared after assaulting Zhao Zuohai with a knife in the fight. Local police officials refused to comment on Friday. Yu Fangxin, Zhao Zuohai's brother-in-law, said he was requested by "someone from high above" not to talk to the media. "An investigation team from Beijing has arrived in the village. I was told that my brother-in-law will be released from the prison within a week," Yu said. He said his brother-in-law will be faced with a broken family, because his ex-wife has remarried and took away two of their four children. The other two were adopted by other families. Zhao Zuolan, Zhao Zuohai's sister, said his brother had previously confessed to the crime due to police torture. "My brother told me he was really treated unjustly," she said, adding that Zhao even showed her the scar on his forehead left by a gun-thump. About 10 years ago, when a beheaded body was found in a well, Zhao Zhenxiang's relatives Specials Columnists believed the body was their family member, who by then had been gone for about a year. They reported to the police and the suspect was taken away. Li Xing The Shangqiu Intermediate People's Court made the judgment, saying the killing occurred after the victim caught the murderer having sex with a local woman. A fight broke out because the victim also had an affair with the woman. Politics no excuse The convict did not appeal to a higher court. However his sentence was later commuted to 20 years Hu attends to block go-green in prison as an award for his good behavior in prison. Victory efforts Day celebrations Qiu Baochang, a Beijing-based lawyer, said the case reveals flaws in the investigation process of the local law enforcement authorities. in Russia more Alexis Hooi "Judgments were made before enough evidence was collected," he said. The case echoes a far-reaching one in 1998 in which then 32-year-old She Xianglin was sentenced Getting the to 15 years in prison for allegedly murdering his wife. lowdown on The husband was reputedly having an affair before his wife disappeared from their hometown in development Jingshan county in Central China's Hubei province in January 1994. more Three months later, a body found in a local pond was identified as Zhang by her relatives. She, China Daily E-paper under high suspicion, was arrested in late April 1994. China Daily However on March 28, 2005, She's wife returned home, by which time her husband had served Days of Duty Pioneer Chinese govt seven years of his sentence. US Edition auditor recalls 21st Century He was announced innocent and released on April 13, 2005. In September the same year, he challenges of UN received a compensation of 460 thousand yuan ($67,000) from the local court and government. auditing missions. 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