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Chinese national who killed three women in 2008 will still have to hang after losing appeal
Published on Nov 28, 2014 11:45 AM
A 2008 photo of Wang Zhijian being led by CID officers back to the crime scene in Yishun Avenue 11. -- PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER
By Selina Lum
SINGAPORE - A Chinese national who killed three women, including his lover and her daughter, in a Yishun flat in 2008 will still have to hang, after the Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal on Friday.
Although the fate of Wang Zhijian, 48, has not changed since he was condemned to hang two years ago, the difference is that he now stands guilty of murder for all three deaths.
The High Court in 2012 had convicted Wang of murder only for the death of Madam Yang Jie, 36, who was the flatmate of his lover.
For the deaths of his lover Zhang Meng, 41, and her daughter Feng Jianyu, 17, he was found guilty of culpable homicide, after the High Court accepted his defence that he stabbed them because an abnormality of the mind caused him to lose control.
Wang appealed against his conviction for Madam Yang's murder, while the prosecution appealed for Wang to be found guilty of murder for the other two deaths as well.
On Friday, the three-judge appeal court dismissed Wang's appeal and allowed the prosecution's appeal.
Justice Chao Hick Tin, delivering the court's decision, disagreed that Wang suffered from an abnormality of the mind. The appeal court found that he killed Madam Zhang in "extreme anger" and Jianyu because she was a witness.
On the other hand, the appeal court agreed that there was no doubt that Wang caused the flatmate, Madam Yang, to fall six floors to her death with intention to kill.
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Yishun triple murders: A look back at the case
Published on Nov 28, 2014 4:49 PM
SINGAPORE - Chinese national Wang Zhijian, who killed three women, including his lover and her daughter, in a Yishun flat in 2008, will still have to hang, after the Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal on Friday.
The gruesome murder shocked Singaporeans when the news broke in 2008. We take a look back at the case in a Straits Times Archives special.
Two dead with multiple wounds, another woman dead found at the bottom of block
This article was first published on Sept 20, 2008
In the end, only one of four women survived the attack in their Yishun flat: the youngest, a 14-year-old.
The Northland Secondary School student was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, where she was in the operating theatre for most of a day.
When police barged into the unlit flat at about 2am, she was found bloodied but alive. Two other occupants, a 17-year-old and a woman in her 40s, were dead. Read more here
The smiling suspect
This article was first published on Sept 21, 2008
He was charged with murder but there were no tears.
Instead, 42-year-old Chinese national Wang Zhijian flashed a toothy smile at photographers when he saw them snapping his picture.
At about 9am on Sept 20, 2008, Wang, dressed in a red polo T-shirt and a pair of dark-coloured trousers, appeared at the Subordinate Courts. His right hand was bandaged.
Dream of a better life turns into a tragedy
This article was first published on Sept 28, 2008
In November last year, Madam Zhang Meng and her daughter Feng Jianyu flew to Singapore from their home in Tianjin in northern China.
They were in high spirits.
Jianyu was going to be enrolled in a school here and Madam Zhang, whose husband is a policeman, would look after her.
Teen survivor of triple killing tells of repeated slashings
This article was first published on Nov 23, 2011
As she lay bleeding on the floor while a naked knife-wielding killer rampaged through her home, Li Meilin’s only thought was: “God, let me die.”
But the teenager lived to tell of the frenzied attack, which left her mother and two other women dead.
And after hearing her harrowing account yesterday, a judge told the 18-year-old it was a miracle she survived. Read more here
Quarrel over money for crab sparked killing spree
This article was first published on Nov 24, 2011
An argument over a meal of crab triggered a killing spree by a Chinese national which ended in the deaths of three women, the High Court heard.
Wang Zhijian, 45, who is accused of killing them in the horrific incident on Sept 18, 2008, told police after his arrest he was angry when his girlfriend, Madam Zhang Meng, asked him for money.
When he asked her why she needed it, she said she wanted to eat crab. He told her she had just eaten the dish a few days ago, and that they should save the money. He claimed she called him a “pauper”.
Pledge of love written in blood
This article was first published on Nov 25, 2011
They wrote letters in their blood pledging their love. He said he would love her till he died. He even tattooed her face on his back.
They broke up and reunited at least four times. He claimed he spent lavishly on her and even helped look after her husband when the latter had a stroke.
The dramatic love story of Chinese nationals Wang Zhijian and Zhang Meng emerged in court yesterday on the third day of the former’s trial.
Accused gets death for killing flatmate
This article was first published on Dec 1, 2012
A Chinese national who killed three women, including his lover and her daughter, was yesterday sentenced by the High Court to hang for the murder of one of them.
The judge accepted the defence of diminished responsibility for only two of the deaths.
Wang Zhijian, 46, was tried for the murder of his lover Zhang Meng, 41, her daughter Feng Jianyu, 17, and their flatmate Yang Jie, 36, at a Yishun flat in 2008.
Re: Chinese national who killed three women in 2008 will still have to hang after los
Yishun murders: Death penalty stands
Selina Lum The Straits Times Monday, Dec 01, 2014
A Chinese national who killed three women, including his lover and her daughter, in vicious fashion in a Yishun flat in 2008 has failed in his bid to escape the gallows. Wang Zhijian showed no emotion when he lost his appeal against his murder conviction yesterday.
And while it does not change his fate, the 48-year-old now stands guilty of murder for all three deaths, instead of one.
Six years ago, on the night of Sept 18, Wang stabbed his lover Zhang Meng, 41, her daughter Feng Jianyu, 17, and their flatmate Yang Jie, 36. Madam Yang's daughter, Li Meilin, then 15, was also repeatedly slashed but survived the ordeal.
The killing frenzy was sparked by an argument with Madam Zhang, with whom Wang had a tortured relationship. A while later, when the woman was lying on a mattress, he got a knife from the kitchen and stabbed and slashed her 48 times.
When Jianyu opened the door, he attacked her. She suffered 45 knife wounds. Wang then went to the opposite room and attacked Meilin.
He denied knowing how Madam Yang had died. But forensic experts concluded that she had escaped out of the kitchen window, clung onto bamboo pole holders there but lost her grip when Wang slashed her fingers. She fell six floors to her death.
All four victims were Chinese nationals.
On the day that he was charged, Wang grinned broadly for the photographers.
In 2012, the High Court convicted Wang of murder only for the death of Madam Yang.
He was found guilty of culpable homicide for the deaths of Madam Zhang and Jianyu, after the court accepted his defence that he suffered an adjustment disorder that caused him to lose control.
During the trial, he once broke down as he recounted the night's events. "You can sentence me to death. Just don't ask me any more. It is too uncomfortable."
Yesterday, the three-judge appeals court dismissed Wang's appeal against his murder conviction. Instead, it allowed the prosecution's appeal for Wang to be found guilty of murder for the other two deaths as well.
The appeals court said that all the objective evidence pointed to the conclusion that Wang had cut Madam Yang's fingers and there was "no doubt" that he had intended to kill her.
As for Madam Zhang and Jianyu, the court was not convinced that Wang lost control because of a mental condition that reduced his responsibility for his actions.
Instead, he had killed Madam Zhang out of extreme anger to "finish her off so that she would never feature in his life again". As for Jianyu, he wanted to eliminate her because she was a witness.
