'Victim' reappears after 'murderer' executed
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-06-17 09:46

A Chinese woman believed to have been killed in the 1980s reappeared 16 years after the alleged killer was executed.

Shi Xiaorong was declared a "murder victim" by local police in April 1987 in Mayang county in Central China's Hunan Province after a dismembered body was found in a Mayang river.

Shi said she was actually swindled and sold to Shandong Province as somebody's wife in March that year.

Teng Xingshan, a butcher, was convicted of the murder as the local police said the dismemberment technique was "very professional."  He was executed in 1989 despite pleas of innocence.

According to police investigation material, Teng was believed to have sexual relations with Shi and killed her on suspicions of her stealing his money.

But Shi, who is now in a Guizhou jail for drug trafficking, said she did not know Teng, urging the authorities to rectify the case.

Shi returned to her hometown in Guizhou Province in 1993 and Teng's relatives was told she was still alive one year later. But it took years for them to verify the information and they did not have the funds and the courage to take the case to court until Teng's daughter and son lodged a lawsuit at the Hunan Higher People's court last month.

The 1989 verdict of the court reads that:"Teng confessed his crimes and his confession conformed with scientific inspections and identifications". Whether torture was used in trial is still unknown.

The case came two months after the She Xianglin case in Hubei Province. She Xianglin served 11 years in prison for "murdering" his wife in 1994 who reappeared in 2005.

She was later declared innocent and released from the prison.

Former security guard She claimed he was deprived of sleep during 10 days of interrogation until he signed documents pleading guilty to murder. He is now suing the government for compensation over his mistrial and torture during interrogation.

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