Deputy editor of the newspaper tried for allegedly

Yesterday, deputy chief editor of China's electronic newspaper suspected of murdering Lin Feng burned his body often the case, the High Court of second instance court in Beijing. Often charged with strangled wife Lin Feng, will be transported to the body layer of residential buildings occupied by incineration, the wife is an attempt to create the illusion of death due to fire. However, Lin Feng himself was often due to severe burns, and repeated his statement, contradictory, in addition to both parties and other key evidence in the autopsy report on the controversial, so the case appears complicated and confusing.
often the first trial for Lin Feng intentional homicide, arson was sentenced to death, suspended for two years. Chang Lin Feng appealed against. Lin Feng said the statement was often guilty of torture and the super from the trial. Police handling the case to testify in court, denied
residential building on fire is the body

last 9:30, Lin Feng, 47, often brought into the courtroom by bailiffs. Because the event of fire, severe deformity of his hands, with arms tucked lawsuit. The trial began, he asked for a glass of water, loud and clear voice when answering questions, a bit excited. The first trial the presiding judge asked him if he was to What's wrong decision, he replied: time.
2007 年 5 月 16 early morning 5 am, Central University of Finance Mr. Li Jia Shuyuan get up when he saw the family wings have a cell opposite the fire, smoke much, he hastened to call the police calls. At this point,tods outlet, the fire inside the building have been smoking a lot of people wake up.
area fire department to answer the phone after the police, firefighters arrived at 5:14 the fire. Three or four minutes, the fire under control. Check the ground with a fire hook Fire is more than fire, they found a layer of the stairs in the corner, there is a charred body. Firemen did not then move the body, called the police.
suspected of murdering her husband burned his body

released the autopsy results soon. Charred body was identified as living in the building of the Central University of Finance and 3 layers of female teachers, 42-year-old Ma Yan, the most severe charring the body, but still have the autopsy conditions.
proven that the deceased was no foreign body within the trachea, the right side of the hyoid bone fracture, efforts were not detected in ethanol and carbon monoxide. Conclusion: do not rule out is brief neck pressure or strangling death caused by mechanical asphyxia; death burned his body. In addition, the fire department survey, the fire point is the location of the bodies were found. Cause of the fire arson suspects have been identified.
there are indications that this fire was too strange. Police investigation later found that the fire still burns hospitalized for three people, one person is the husband of Ma Yan Chang Lin Feng - Chinese electronic newspaper deputy editor. The face, limbs, burns, skin most of the loss.
in for questioning, often Lin Feng said he fire the day before 23:30 back home, his wife Ma Yan at home. At 5 am the next day, he heard someone shouting fire to wake his wife ran out of the house. Between the second and three went to the corner where he found a large fire to a neighbor hurriedly went to the five-story escape, but he did not know the whereabouts of his wife.
often Lin Feng statement is considered very suspicious, and police learned that the survey visit, often husband and wife Lin Feng married in 1988, 2001 and has a son, suffering from congenital autism, treatment time of the incident in Qingdao; husband and wife often quarrel; often Lin Feng has a lover. Due to a major crime that often Lin Feng suspected, the police in June 29, 2007 to summon, and the residential surveillance.
police accused of torture


2007 年 9 26, he was detained and sent to a detention center. Two days later, his statement of innocence began to turn guilt confession and guilty of some of the details of the conflicting statements. For example, in at 20:15 on September 28, 2007 from 4:10 next day, the interrogation record, often Lin Feng said he is in a heated argument, the Bone of the wife of his offensive tone of voice, and accused his wife a few days in Qingdao on Biaosao help them care for their children's bad attitude. Later, he sent the Location on the body, the contents of his statement a few times vary. On fire using matches, he sometimes confession is thrown into the fire in the match, and sometimes confession is to match and took home.
in yesterday's court session, often Lin Feng said, the reason why there will be these statements, because he has experienced torture and super hearing, and that also Yougong for. In the meantime, he was confusion because the public security organs have been firmly convinced that he was guilty, and said there was sufficient evidence, and made his own doubts. Meanwhile, for the treatment of burns, he according to Interpol, said that the general framework of the pre-trial statement. Later, because of the other outstanding pledges, he continued to insist on not guilty confession.
last May, a city in the first trial in the Court is often cited statements of guilt Lin Feng. The excuse often Lin Feng, ruled that, after investigation, often because of family chores Lin Feng after a dispute with his wife, strangled his wife, burned his body to cover up the crime and cover his tracks, real motive for the crime,tods, and there is documented evidence that,tod's, Chang Lin Feng has also confessed to his defense against it. The final court of first instance found, often Lin Feng intentional homicide and arson, decided to implement the death penalty, suspended for two years deprivation of political rights for life.
appeal for not guilty

Yesterday, often Lin Feng appeal that the court of first instance found the facts do not exist completely, insisting his innocence, requiring re-mortem examinations.
his defense counsel Zhaoyun Heng is also the case of the He believes that is not listed in the Confirmation of any factual basis, and no analysis and appraisal of the situation, the case has come directly to the conclusions of suspected arson, contrary to recognized scientific principles, conclusions do not have the admissibility of evidence.

often guilty of Lin Feng said in a statement said he would put his wife body mahjong room, with a table so high. Then he returned to his room waiting for an hour or two, until the fire to the staircase channels are all found. The counsel pointed out that this statement often contradictory Lin Feng. He pointed out that the testimony of more than one resident said fire 3 o'clock in the morning had already seen, some people smell the coke burnt taste. Then the fire slowly develop until around 5 am to be found. Counsel that this indicates that the fire is slowly burning up. According to the testimony of the inhabitants of the night playing mahjong, mahjong Board in the day and ended at about midnight, there are two of four smoke. In his view, may be left of discarded cigarette butts hidden, resulting in slow development of fire into larger fires. And this possibility, the available evidence the case could not be ruled out.
As for the death of Ma Yan, lawyers believe that the existing evidence is not exclusive. gun red card room to the possibility.
this rebuttal the prosecutor, said Ma Yan endotracheal no carbon dust, if she collapsed in the fire, can not be without inhaling carbon dust.
case was not in court for sentencing.
■ trial focus

Defendant: Interpol hit with electric batons witnesses

(police): There is no torture

from the first trial to the second instance, often Lin Feng has always emphasized his own guilt confession was obtained illegally. Yesterday, he spent about half an hour about the origin of those found guilty confession, said he had been torture and super arraignment. He said he was June 28, 2007 at 10 am by Interpol away from the Ji Shui Tan Hospital, the night was forced to admit crimes. He refused, cursed him to Interpol, hit him with electric batons, also he has not recovered the hands, arms tied behind their backs in the iron chair, he had just cracked a long good skin.
to a pre-trial stage, he said through a week-long super arraignment. Divided into 3 groups, regardless of pre-trial officers day and night, turns on his trial, prevented him from sleeping, so that he completely lost the will power and discrimination. You Gong, and that he had been for.
this regard, the prosecution yesterday invited to participate in the case of ordinary Lin Feng Interpol and a pre-trial investigation officers testify in court. Both men said they often Lin Feng and colleagues in the trial, no torture, is accordance with the law.
pre-trial staff also said the trial could work during the day, it could be night, saying it was needed for work, is the common sense issue, not just for ordinary Lin Feng.
often Lin Feng think they lied, he said that Interpol appear torture two days after he was not there, but leave. Interpol did not deny, but said he could not guarantee that other Interpol also often Lin Feng torture.
lawyer: Witness the autopsy report was not serious

(forensic): to determine the dead burned his body

Ma Yan is one of the autopsy report concluded: Ma Yan was briefly ruled out pressure or strangling death of the neck caused by mechanical asphyxia. He believes that, even according to this conclusion, it is only that the uncertain conclusion that Ma Yan had probably died of asphyxiation due to mechanical, but can not rule out other causes of death.
this, identified in a forensic autopsy to testify in court yesterday, said the deceased, The deceased is a mechanical suffocation. They make a He said, because the body was burning the neck after the more serious damaged, not sure what means the deceased was caused by mechanical asphyxia death. But with no carbon dust tracheal dead, burned his body after the death of the deceased can be determined.
this, Zhao Yunheng that He believes that the forensic interpretation of the