Killer of six Chinese police executed in Shanghai
26/11/2008 15:53
Yang Jia, a 28-year-old man who had been convicted of killing six police
officers in Shanghai, was executed in Shanghai this morning by injection with
the approval of the Supreme People's Court.
Yang, an unemployed Beijing
resident, stormed into a Shanghai police station on July 1 and began stabbing
people, killing six police officers. Another three policemen and one security
guard were injured.
Yang was sentenced to death on Sept. 1 in the first
verdict by the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court. He later appealed. On
Oct. 20, the Shanghai Higher People's Court upheld the sentence.
"In line
with an order issued by the Supreme People's Court, the Shanghai No. 2
Intermediate People's Court executed criminal Yang Jia by injection on Nov. 26,"
said a statement issued by the Supreme People's Court.
It said the verdict
was made "recently" by China's highest court after it completed a review of the
case that "has drawn nationwide attention."
The statement added: "Before the
execution, the parties concerned arranged a meeting between Yang Jia and his
mother, Wang Jingmei."
After reviewing the case, the Supreme People's Court
affirmed that Yang committed the crime with "premeditated malice and thorough
preparation," as he felt dissatisfied with "lawful questioning" by the police on
Oct. 5, 2007, as well as the results after he lodged complaints over the local
police, said the statement.
The court upheld the death sentence with
consideration that Yang had committed a "very serious crime" by cruelly killing
in order to vent personal grudges, it said.
"He should be punished according
to the law because the consequence of his crime is very serious and has done
great harm to society," said the statement.
The Supreme People's Court said
the previous two verdicts, respectively by the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate
People's Court and the Shanghai Higher People's Court, were made "properly and
accurately" because they were based on clear facts, indisputable and sufficient
evidence, and had followed legal procedures of trial.
Xinhua
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