Student raped and killed by foreign teacher,drawn public outrage

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The murder of a woman by a foreigner in a university in East China’s Zhejiang Province has drawn public outrage.

Many netizens have expressed regret and pain over the woman's murder and some have called for impartiality in handling the case as they believe the nationality of the suspect should not be a factor given special treatment and could not be serve as a shield to dodge severe punishment. 

The Yinzhou public security bureau in Ningbo first reported the incident on Friday, in which it said the police received a report at 10 pm on June 14 that a woman had been killed in the woods near Shiji Avenue in Yinzhou district of Ningbo. The suspect, a foreign male, was arrested. According to his confession, he murdered the woman over a relationship dispute. 

In a second police release on Saturday, the local bureau said they had traced tools discarded by the suspect and objects related to the case. 

Higher-level public security organs have attached great importance to the case. The procuratorial organ has stepped in according to law and the bureau will strictly regulate law enforcement to ensure the case is properly handled, the Yinzhou public security bureau said in the latest release. 

The girl's parents, struggling with their grief, examined her body, which was covered with cuts, including a dozen on her face, a large artery in her neck that had been slashed open, and deep gashes that doctors had stitched up.

According to media reports, the girl's father said that his daughter was a junior student at the university. She was very good at academic performance and had been awarded scholarships every year.

The police did not reveal which country the foreign national comes from. 

According to an online post purported to be parent of the victim, the victim is a college student in a local university and the alleged suspect is a foreign teacher who lectures at the college where the victim was studying. The police didn’t identify the victim and suspect as a college student and teacher at the college. 

In the past few years, there have been cases of foreigners receiving supranational treatment in various regions in China, which made this incident involving a crime committed by a foreigner of great interest to the public, observers noted.

China's criminal law provides that foreigners who commit criminal offenses in China's territory, except those with diplomatic immunity, are directly subject to the disposal of Chinese criminal law.

Source:globaltimes

Editor: Crystal H

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