The suspect in the 4-year-old Kangjian Biotech death case tried his best to escape. The family members of the deceased cried out: The child was only 5 years old at the time and looked for his mother every day.

Li Hongyuan, a man from Nantou County, committed a shooting incident at Kangjian Biotech in 2022, killing four and injuring one. After the Supreme Court revoked the death penalty and remanded the case for a new trial, the Taichung High Court still sentenced him to death in the first instance. The case was appealed and the Supreme Court opened today. Li advocated access to the review records, hoping to investigate whether the previous trial was consistent with the "unanimous verdict" of the death penalty in the 113-year constitutional judgment, and requested mental and legal evaluation. A family member of the deceased tearfully told the court that the child was only 5 years old when his wife died and was looking for his mother every day. Now that the child is 9 years old, he still often sheds tears because he misses his deceased mother.

Through his lawyer, Li Hongyuan raised 9 points of contention, using the 113-year constitutional sentence and eight death sentences as arguments. He hoped to investigate whether all the previous courts were consistent with the "unanimous verdict". He also requested a mental evaluation of Li Nan, arguing that he had mental illness and should have his sentence commuted. He also requested legal evaluations by Professor Xie Yuwei of the Department of Law of National Taiwan University and others.

The prosecutor believes that all previous judgments have been revoked and revised, so they are equivalent to non-existence. Therefore, there is no reason for the lawyer to request access to the review records, and the other party’s appeal grounds are repeated and vague.

Lawyers for the family of the deceased said that Li Nan's reasons for appeal were vague and repetitive, and were fundamentally inconsistent with legal common sense and the reasons were not specific. This case has already undergone three mental evaluations on Li Nan. In the past, Li Nan made repeated statements and deliberately concealed them. If another evaluation is conducted, it may cause a waste of judicial resources. Moreover, Li Nan said in the past that he would not appeal during the evaluation process, but now he has appealed again and again.

The husband of one of the deceased said that when his wife died, the child was only 5 years old and wanted to find his mother every day. Now that the child is 9 years old, he still sheds tears because he misses his mother. He said that so far, he only dares to tell his children that his mother died in an accident. He is deeply afraid that if the child knows that his mother was shot from behind with a gun, his personality development will be affected.

After confirming with the two parties that the court date can be arranged, the judge announced that the next court date should be set in mid-January next year, and informed that the entire case is pending.

The suspect in this case, Li Hongyuan, used to work at Caotun Kangjian Biotechnology Company in Nantou. Because he believed that he was bullied by his employer and colleagues, he prepared 3 pistols, 185 rounds of ammunition, and handcuffs and broke into the company on July 14, 2022. He shot at the company leader Lai Minnan, his brother Lai Rongqing, his daughter Lai Yanyu, section chief Liu Qingshan, and administrative director Zhang Jiaqi. In the end, only Lai Minnan survived.

After the case was appealed to the third trial for the first time, regarding the three death penalty parts, the Supreme Court issued the "113-Year Constitutional Judgment No. 8" of the Constitutional Court, holding that the death penalty judgment must identify the possibility of the defendant's rehabilitation and education, and should be sentenced one by one. The original trial did not impose separate sentencing, so the death penalty sentence was revoked and remanded for a new trial.

The Taichung High Court held in the first instance that the three murders committed by Li Hongyuan were all executed with "execution-style shooting", which was an extremely cruel crime. It not only directly deprived the victim of his life, but also caused the family to suffer lifelong pain that will be difficult to heal. It fully complied with the situation described by the Constitutional Court as "the most serious crime in each case."

The first instance pointed out that Li Hongyuan's character, intelligence, living conditions and attitude after the crime were not sufficient reasons for a lighter sentence, nor could it be reasonably expected that after correction and education, he could reduce the risk of committing the most serious crimes of the same type again. It was determined that it was necessary to deprive him of his right to life and permanently isolate him from society. After deliberation, the three judges unanimously decided that three death sentences should be imposed.