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Disgruntled worker arrested for murder

By Angela Xu | January 1, 2009, Thursday | Print Edition

A MIGRANT worker alleged to have killed his boss's wife and 5-year-old daughter because of a delay in paying him a 3,000-yuan (US$439) salary has been arrested.

Wei Shixiang, 21, from Anhui Province, was charged with murder by the Fengxian District Prosecutors' Office.

Wei was hired in March by Shanghai Bao ling Lavation Co, a private company owned by He Huihua, in Fengxian District. Wei quit in June last year because He was always late with salary payments.

Over the following months, Wei kept asking for the money owed to him but He only gave him an IOU.

Wei bought a knife on November 14, planning to kill his former boss, he is said to have told prosecutors.

On November 16, Wei went to He's home but he wasn't there and his wife answered the door. She let Wei in and wrote him another IOU, promising the money the next week.

Wei took out his knife and stabbed her and when she tried to escape, he cut her throat, prosecutors said.

The 5-year-old daughter, who witnessed the killing, screamed and Wei is alleged to have cut her throat too.

"I killed the girl because I didn't want her screams to attract others' attention," he allegedly told prosecutors.

Wei decided to wait for the boss to return home. He cleaned the floor and moved the bodies into the bath.

More than an hour later, He and an employee arrived. Finding his door locked from the inside, he knocked. Wei answered and tried to stab him, He said, injuring him on the left arm. He's colleague pushed Wei back inside and called the police.

They °?arrived quickly and caught the suspect inside the house.

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