The [Fukuoka family murder case](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukuoka_family_murder_case) (福岡一家4人殺害事件, Fukuoka ikka yonin satsugai jiken) was a robbery-murder by three Chinese international students in the Higashi-ku ward of Fukuoka, Japan, on June 20, 2003.
On June 20, 2003, the bodies of Shinjiro Matsumoto (松本 真二郎, Matsumoto Shinjirō; age 41), his wife Chika (千加, age 40), and their two children (ages 8 and 11) were found in Hakata Bay handcuffed and weighed down with dumbbells. Shinjiro Matsumoto had been strangled with a tie, and Chika had been drowned in a bathtub. Their children had been otherwise strangled or smothered. Once the victims had been murdered, their bodies were transported by vehicle to Hakata Bay where they were discarded and sank.
The suspects were identified to be three Chinese international students, Wei Wei (魏巍), Yang Ning (杨宁) and Wang Liang (王亮), they were planning to rob the house and leave not witnesses. While Wei was detained by Japanese police afterwards, Yang and Wang had already took a flight back to Mainland China four days after the murder. There is no extradition between China and Japan.
With the help of ICPO, Japanese police asked Chinese authority for assistance, which China agreed. Wang drew the attention of police by “spending extravagantly” with money he had stolen. He was brought in for questioning in Liaoyang and confessed to the murders, giving a detailed account of the crime, providing vital information which would lead to the arrest of Yang. Both men were formally taken into custody by Chinese authorities in August 2003, and indicted for murder in July 2004.
Japan and China worked closely in the case, Chinese investigators travelled to Fukuoka to inspect the crime scene with the help of Japanese officers, and Japanese officers and procecutors travelled to Liaoyang to assist questionings. Because China and Japan have no extradition, three assiliants were trialed separately. Under Chinese criminal law, on January 24, 2005, the Liaoyang Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Yang to death and Wang to life imprisonment. In Japan, During the first trial on May 19, 2005, the Fukuoka District Court (Presiding Judge Kawaguchi) sentenced Wei to death.
Yang was executed on July 12, 2005, six months after the trial, and Wei as executed in Japan on December 26, 2019, 14 years after the trial.
ClickBoringLife on
The children ☹️
nekkoMaster on
Chinese govt be like: We are their enemy, but still humans.
What a horrible crime.
JDG-Bolts-and-Cowboy on
CCP: Now listen here pal, if anyone around here is going to wipe out entire family lines, its going to be **us**.
RW-Firerider on
Treaty or not, to think that China had any mercy or spare for 2 criminals who murdered an innocent family is just insane. Glad that justice was served
Conscious_Nature_792 on
I’m going to fight to the death if someone named Wei Wei is gonna kill me
FirmBarnacle1302 on
Same with terrorists who once flew away from USSR to Israel
hellobutno on
Oh boy, someone isn’t familiar with what sparked the Hong Kong protests a few years ago.
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The [Fukuoka family murder case](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukuoka_family_murder_case) (福岡一家4人殺害事件, Fukuoka ikka yonin satsugai jiken) was a robbery-murder by three Chinese international students in the Higashi-ku ward of Fukuoka, Japan, on June 20, 2003.
On June 20, 2003, the bodies of Shinjiro Matsumoto (松本 真二郎, Matsumoto Shinjirō; age 41), his wife Chika (千加, age 40), and their two children (ages 8 and 11) were found in Hakata Bay handcuffed and weighed down with dumbbells. Shinjiro Matsumoto had been strangled with a tie, and Chika had been drowned in a bathtub. Their children had been otherwise strangled or smothered. Once the victims had been murdered, their bodies were transported by vehicle to Hakata Bay where they were discarded and sank.
The suspects were identified to be three Chinese international students, Wei Wei (魏巍), Yang Ning (杨宁) and Wang Liang (王亮), they were planning to rob the house and leave not witnesses. While Wei was detained by Japanese police afterwards, Yang and Wang had already took a flight back to Mainland China four days after the murder. There is no extradition between China and Japan.
With the help of ICPO, Japanese police asked Chinese authority for assistance, which China agreed. Wang drew the attention of police by “spending extravagantly” with money he had stolen. He was brought in for questioning in Liaoyang and confessed to the murders, giving a detailed account of the crime, providing vital information which would lead to the arrest of Yang. Both men were formally taken into custody by Chinese authorities in August 2003, and indicted for murder in July 2004.
Japan and China worked closely in the case, Chinese investigators travelled to Fukuoka to inspect the crime scene with the help of Japanese officers, and Japanese officers and procecutors travelled to Liaoyang to assist questionings. Because China and Japan have no extradition, three assiliants were trialed separately. Under Chinese criminal law, on January 24, 2005, the Liaoyang Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Yang to death and Wang to life imprisonment. In Japan, During the first trial on May 19, 2005, the Fukuoka District Court (Presiding Judge Kawaguchi) sentenced Wei to death.
Yang was executed on July 12, 2005, six months after the trial, and Wei as executed in Japan on December 26, 2019, 14 years after the trial.
The children ☹️
Chinese govt be like: We are their enemy, but still humans.
What a horrible crime.
CCP: Now listen here pal, if anyone around here is going to wipe out entire family lines, its going to be **us**.
Treaty or not, to think that China had any mercy or spare for 2 criminals who murdered an innocent family is just insane. Glad that justice was served
I’m going to fight to the death if someone named Wei Wei is gonna kill me
Same with terrorists who once flew away from USSR to Israel
Oh boy, someone isn’t familiar with what sparked the Hong Kong protests a few years ago.