A Chinese couple, Zhang Bo and his girlfriend Ye Chengchen, were executed for throwing Zhang's two children off a 15th-floor balcony in Chongqing in 2020. The Supreme People’s Court upheld their sentence, ruling it as premeditated murder. The couple's motive was to start a new family together. The execution was carried out by Chinese authorities, who deemed the act as a means to avoid burden on their relationship. The incident has led to international concerns, including Australia's Foreign Minister expressing apprehension over the case of Australian writer Yang Hengjun, who was sentenced to death by a Chinese court but received a suspended death sentence, to be converted into life imprisonment after two years.
🔴 AUSTRALIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER: YANG HENGJUN STILL HAS AVENUES OF APPEAL
🔴 AUSTRALIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER SUMMONS CHINA'S AMBASSADOR TO EXPRESS CONCERNS OVER YANG HENGJUN'S SENTENCE
🔴 AUSTRALIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER APPALLED AT SUSPENSION OF DEATH SENTENCE FOR YANG HENGJUN
Australian father Yang Hengjun has been sentenced to death by a Chinese court, but his life could be spared after a two-year-reprieve for good behaviour. https://t.co/Bgp8Qdxid1
🔴 AUSTRALIAN SCHOLAR FENG CHONGYI TOLD VERDICT BY YANG'S FAMILY IN COURT
🔴 YANG HENGJUN'S DEATH SENTENCE SUSPENDED, TO BE CONVERTED INTO LIFE IMPRISONMENT AFTER TWO YEARS - FRIEND
🔴 BEIJING COURT SENTENCES AUSTRALIAN WRITER YANG HENGJUN TO SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE, ACCORDING TO FAMILY FRIEND.
A Chinese man and his mistress have allegedly been executed this week after they threw the man’s children from the 15th floor of an apartment building in Chongqing. https://t.co/BLkrygYuLx
🔴 China executes couple who threw two children to deaths from 15th-floor apartment https://t.co/79s9LjzbHW
A father and his mistress have been put to death by Chinese authorities after the couple threw his two children out of a 15th floor high-rise so they would not be a burden on their relationship. https://t.co/36smpg2BCz
A man and his girlfriend in Chongqing, China have been executed after being found guilty of murdering his two children https://t.co/O55drvhCXJ
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A Chinese couple have been executed for murdering the man’s two children from his previous marriage so they could start a new family together. https://t.co/nOStRXnEjo
A couple in Chongqing who threw two children to their deaths in 2020 were executed Wednesday, shortly after their sentence was upheld by China’s Supreme People’s Court. The court determined the kids’ father, Zhang Bo, and his girlfriend, Ye Chengchen, had committed premeditated… https://t.co/wpcuwuy2li
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