Taipei City man Huang Xiangyuan (41 years old), armed with a watermelon knife, hacked to death Zhan Zhizhi (57 years old), the general manager of the popular cheerleader Ha Zhiyuan's agency, in a supermarket on August 4 last year. During the trial in the National Court of the Taichung District Court today, Huang said that Zhan was sexually harassing his Thai ex-girlfriend "Elissa". They tried to teach him a lesson, but they couldn't even provide evidence about who this person was. Zhan Nan's family said that when he went to China for business, he was suspected of being tricked into signing a promissory note for US$5 million. The creditor also asked someone to come to his home to collect debts. He suspected that the sexual harassment was just an excuse and the case was not simple. They hoped to find out the person behind the scenes.
According to an investigation by the Taichung District Prosecutor's Office, Huang drove his friend surnamed Kang (54 years old) from Wanhua, Taipei, to Fengyuan, Taichung in the early morning of August 4 last year. He saw Zhan Zhizhi entering the supermarket to make purchases at about 10 a.m., and was waiting at the door. When Zhan Nan walked out of the supermarket door, he stepped forward to push Zhan Nan and sprayed pepper water on Zhan Nan's face.
When Zhan Zhizhi saw this, he took advantage of the opportunity to hide back in the supermarket. Huang Man chased him into the supermarket and took out a hidden watermelon knife from his bag. He slashed Zhan's left hand and left foot twice with the knife and then drove away. After Zhan Nan was sent to Fengyuan Hospital of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, he died of massive blood loss due to a ruptured aorta in his left foot at 11:30 that day. The prosecutor charged Huang Nan with death by injury.
The National Judge's Court of the Taichung District Court held a hearing today to conduct an investigation of criminal evidence. The prosecutor reminded Mr. Zhan of the transcript of his wife named Xiao. Xiao's daughter said that when her husband went to China for business many years ago, she was suspected of being tricked into signing a promissory note for US$5 million, which was converted into about NT$150 million. Although the case was successfully litigated in China, the creditor named Jiang still found people at home to collect debts. Regarding Mr. Huang's claim that he was seeking revenge for harassing his ex-girlfriend, he said that this was not the case and suspected that the hacking was related to the $5 million debt.
The defense lawyer reminded Huang Xiangyuan of the transcript. Huang said that his Thai ex-girlfriend "Alyssa" was harassed by Zhan, and cried to him that he could not protect her, so he would teach Zhan a lesson. He also said that the two met once every two to three months and had sex. Because they used translation software to meet, there was no contact record. However, the judge questioned, wouldn't it be strange to drive his current girlfriend's car to avenge his ex-girlfriend?
The litigation attorney for Zhan Nan's family believes that Huang Nan lied from beginning to end and made up the person "Alyssa". Based on the past handling of the $5 million promissory note matter for Zhan Zhizhi, I believe that the case is not simple and the mastermind should be found.
Huang Xiangyuan admitted to the crime of causing injury to death and only disputed the sentence. Zhan Zhizhi's family believed that he should be charged with homicide, while Huang Xiangyuan denied murder. The whole case is expected to be pronounced by a national judge tomorrow.
