Killers of mentally challenged teenage girl can be re-educated: Taiwan High Court
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/12/25
By: Ching-Tse Cheng, Taiwan News, Staff Writer\
Lin Chuen-Shyong and accomplices responsible for murder of 14-year-old girl. (Youtube screenshot)
According to Liberty Times, the Hsinchu City native Lin Chuen-Shyong (林春雄) was displeased by the 14-year-old teenage girl surnamed Chiu (邱)'s remark against his girlfriend Huang Xiaoyun (黃曉雲) at an internet café, and decided to take revenge on the intellectually disabled girl. Lin and four of his accomplices forced Chiu into a nearby alley and beat her with bamboo sticks and motorcycle helmets before pedestrians stepped in.
The five culprits then took Chiu to an open area under the Zhulin Bridge and gang-raped the severely injured girl before leaving for a karaoke bar. Upon their return, the offenders found that Chiu had died from excessive blood loss and proceeded to burn her body with gasoline in order to cover up their misdeeds, reported CNA.
Lin was originally convicted by the High Court of first-degree murder and sentenced to capital punishment at the first two instances in 2016 and in June, 2019 while the other four perpetrators received life time imprisonment. However, Lin was removed of his death penalty charge on Tuesday’s retrial. [FULL STORY]