Father of executed killer to sue victim's lawyer
By Zhang Xuanchen |
August 5, 2011, Friday
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The father of a student executed for killing a hit-and-run victim to cover up the accident is suing the victim's lawyer for defamation, the father's attorney revealed yesterday.
Yao Qingwei has filed a lawsuit against Zhang Xian, who represented the family of Zhang Miao, a 26-year-old mother stabbed to death by Yao's son Yao Jiaxin last October, Lan He, a lawyer with Beijing-based W&H Law Firm China said on his microblog.
The case has been accepted by the People's Court of Yanta District, Xi'an City, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Lan said.
Zhang Xian said he had not yet received a subpoena.
"After long tolerance, Mr Yao literally resorted to law to defend the dignity of his family and himself," Lan said.
In his blog, Zhang Xian said he had a clear conscience of what he did and Yao Jiaxin deserved the death penalty whether he represented the family or not.
The lawsuit was likely to stir a new round of public debate which seemed to have ended after Yao Jiaxin, a 21-year-old student of the Xi'an Conservatory of Music, was put to death on June 7.
Yao Qingwei earlier tweeted that Zhang fanned public anger to influence media coverage and the trial by spreading rumors that Yao's family was related to powerful high-ranking officials or rich business people.
Zhang had published personal information of members of the family, suggesting Yao Qingwei and his father held major positions in China's military defense industries, Yao said.
Yao Qingwei said he was an ordinary worker in the industry on an average income.
Yao Qingwei has filed a lawsuit against Zhang Xian, who represented the family of Zhang Miao, a 26-year-old mother stabbed to death by Yao's son Yao Jiaxin last October, Lan He, a lawyer with Beijing-based W&H Law Firm China said on his microblog.
The case has been accepted by the People's Court of Yanta District, Xi'an City, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Lan said.
Zhang Xian said he had not yet received a subpoena.
"After long tolerance, Mr Yao literally resorted to law to defend the dignity of his family and himself," Lan said.
In his blog, Zhang Xian said he had a clear conscience of what he did and Yao Jiaxin deserved the death penalty whether he represented the family or not.
The lawsuit was likely to stir a new round of public debate which seemed to have ended after Yao Jiaxin, a 21-year-old student of the Xi'an Conservatory of Music, was put to death on June 7.
Yao Qingwei earlier tweeted that Zhang fanned public anger to influence media coverage and the trial by spreading rumors that Yao's family was related to powerful high-ranking officials or rich business people.
Zhang had published personal information of members of the family, suggesting Yao Qingwei and his father held major positions in China's military defense industries, Yao said.
Yao Qingwei said he was an ordinary worker in the industry on an average income.
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