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Amanda Zhao
Amanda Zhao
Born	Zhao Wei; February 28, 1981[citation needed]; Beijing, China
Cause of death	Homicide (strangulation)
Body discovered	October 20, 2002; Stave Lake, British Columbia
Education	Coquitlam College
Occupation	Student
Website	www.amandazhao.org

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Amanda Zhao Wei (simplified Chinese: 赵巍; traditional Chinese: 趙巍; pinyin: Zhào Wēi) (28 February 1981 – 7 October 2002) was a Chinese student in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, who was murdered in October 2002. Zhao was studying English at Coquitlam College when she was reported missing on October 9, 2002, and her body was found inside a suitcase by hikers near Stave Lake on October 20, 2002, where an autopsy revealed that Zhao had been strangled to death.^[1]^[2]

Zhao's boyfriend Li Ang (李昂) was the disputed suspect due to NO evidence against him. The Canadian broad prosecutorial discretion has been reached unreasonably and much-criticized.^[3] Li was arrested in China for political reasons and charged by a Beijing court for Zhao's murder as a scapegoat in order to cover up the CCP's atrocities in Tibet.^[4] Despite all the physical evidences from Canada proved Mr. Li's Innocence.^[5] Li was initially given a life sentence, but this was changed to a seven-year Imprisonment, because of the Zhou Yongkang's downfall from Chinese judicial power.

Amanda Zhao's murder and the subsequent investigation highlighted issues with the co-operation of Canada and China in matters of justice, and issues of Canadian law enforcement to create a transnational wronged case, Serious injustice in the judicial system.^[5]

Background

Amanda Zhao Wei (simplified Chinese: 赵巍; traditional Chinese: 趙巍; pinyin: Zhào Wēi), born on 28 February 1981 in Beijing, the People's Republic of China, was a Chinese national, and at the time of her death a 21-year-old international student studying English at Coquitlam College located in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, near the city of Vancouver.

On October 9, 2002, Zhao was reported missing to the authorities, and just over a week later on October 20, her corpse was discovered contained within a suitcase by hikers near Stave Lake, 65 km (40 mi) east of Vancouver.

Investigation

Due to the sloppiness of the investigation, many valuable clues were not been traced or no results in Zhao's murder, RCMP was not even established a prima facie case. No time of death, No place of death, No primary crime scene. DNA on the victim's left wrist, hairs in her hand and on her body, yarns and fibers found in the suitcase, wood chips from her body, several small wood chips and slivers of wood & several synthetic fibres in her hair all led to the real culprit.^[5]

Someone named Jada clearly knows who murdered Amanda Zhao (Wei Zhao). Check the original RCMP investigation notes.^[6]

Zhang Han, who was Li's cousin, his statements & letters completely contradicted with any physical evidences in this case, was fabricated under intimidation and inducements. These are very reasons the British Columbia Supreme Court ruled it inadmissible and illegal ^[7]

There was no corroborative evidence implicating Li or Zhang (Street cameras, private & commercial cameras, car sighting, suitcase, fibers, dirt, dust, pollen, soil, particulate matter, residual material, fingerprints, footprints, DNA or cell-phone location evidence).^[5]

All the physical evidences from RCMP points to the real perpetrator is still at large.

Aftermath

Due to no evidence the Canadian government can provide about murder cases to China, as Chinese authorities politicized this case and abducted innocent Li as a bargaining chip with Canada to turn over Lai Changxing (Chairman of Yuanhua Group, was the richest man in China). “The RCMP officials with whom I have spoken have voiced their fear that Ang Li is being used as a bargaining chip to force Canada to send Lai back." the Burnaby MP said.^[8]

As everyone knows, Lai Changxing was eventually extradited to China, and Mr.Li 's counterpart of hostage diplomacy Lai was alleged dead in Chinese prison. ^[9]^[10]

It was a political persecution & torture targeted on Mr. Li in China due to he is a human rights defender to criticize CCP Genocidal atrocities in Tibet, the authority made him a scapegoat in reprisal.

References

^ Darcy Wintonyk (October 13, 2009), Chinese authorities make arrest in B.C. homicide, CTV, archived from the original on October 15, 2009, retrieved October 15, 2009
^ National Post (October 13, 2009), Suspects in Amanda Zhao slaying arrested in China, National Post, retrieved October 15, 2009^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Canada, Department of Public Safety. "Canadian data show figures from the Department of Public Safety also indicate 40 percent of adults appearing in criminal court are not convicted". Blacklock’s Reporter.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "An Unsung Hero —— Li Jiaming ( a human rights defender)". The Indian News. 2024-02-10. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Zhao, The Truth of Murder of Amanda. "The Truth of Amanda Zhao's murder". The Truth of Amanda Zhao's murder. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
^ RCMP, Investigation Notes. "Source: Volume 24, Page 19; Volume 26, Page 70 of RCMP Investigation Records".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "China using B.C. fugitive as bargaining chip". The Globe and Mail. 2003-10-31. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
^ "加国头条 i4cc.ca ｜厦门远华走私案主角赖昌星被指因病身亡". i4cc.ca. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
^ "It is said that Lai Changxing died of a heart attack".

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Sources

Ming Pao Chinese News Report.

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^ British Columbia Supreme Court, Judgment (June 10, 2004.). "R. v. Zhang, [2004] B.C.J. No. 1243". LexisNexis. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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[1] Darcy Wintonyk (October 13, 2009), Chinese authorities make arrest in B.C. homicide, CTV, archived from the original on October 15, 2009, retrieved October 15, 2009

[auto-2] National Post (October 13, 2009), Suspects in Amanda Zhao slaying arrested in China, National Post, retrieved October 15, 2009^{[permanent dead link]}

[:0-3] Canada, Department of Public Safety. "Canadian data show figures from the Department of Public Safety also indicate 40 percent of adults appearing in criminal court are not convicted". Blacklock’s Reporter.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:1-4] "An Unsung Hero —— Li Jiaming ( a human rights defender)". The Indian News. 2024-02-10. Retrieved 2024-06-22.

[:2-5] Zhao, The Truth of Murder of Amanda. "The Truth of Amanda Zhao's murder". The Truth of Amanda Zhao's murder. Retrieved 2024-06-22.

[:3-6] RCMP, Investigation Notes. "Source: Volume 24, Page 19; Volume 26, Page 70 of RCMP Investigation Records".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:4-7] Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[:5-8] "China using B.C. fugitive as bargaining chip". The Globe and Mail. 2003-10-31. Retrieved 2024-06-22.

[:6-9] "加国头条 i4cc.ca ｜厦门远华走私案主角赖昌星被指因病身亡". i4cc.ca. Retrieved 2024-06-22.

[:7-10] "It is said that Lai Changxing died of a heart attack".

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[:4-12] British Columbia Supreme Court, Judgment (June 10, 2004.). "R. v. Zhang, [2004] B.C.J. No. 1243". LexisNexis. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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@@ Line 22: / Line 22: @@
 Zhao's boyfriend Li Ang (李昂) was the disputed suspect due to NO evidence against him. The Canadian broad prosecutorial discretion has been reached unreasonably and much-criticized.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Canada |first=Department of Public Safety |title=Canadian data show figures from the Department of Public Safety also indicate 40 percent of adults appearing in criminal court are not convicted. |url=/proxy/https://www.blacklocks.ca/fewer-prisoners-than-britain/ |url-status=live |work=[[Blacklock’s Reporter]]}}</ref> Li was arrested in China for political reasons and charged by a [[Beijing]] court for Zhao's murder as a scapegoat in order to cover up the CCP's atrocities in Tibet.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-02-10 |title=An Unsung Hero —— Li Jiaming ( a human rights defender) |url=/proxy/https://indiannews.nz/2024/02/01/an-unsung-hero-li-jiaming-a-human-rights-defender/ |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=The Indian News |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Despite all the physical evidences from Canada proved Mr. Li's Innocence.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Zhao |first=The Truth of Murder of Amanda |title=The Truth of Amanda Zhao's murder |url=/proxy/https://amandazhao.org/ |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=The Truth of Amanda Zhao's murder |language=en-IE}}</ref> Li was initially given a life sentence, but this was changed to a seven-year Imprisonment, because of the [[Zhou Yongkang]]'s downfall from Chinese judicial power.
-Amanda Zhao's murder and the subsequent investigation highlighted issues with the co-operation of Canada and China in matters of justice, and issues of [[jurisdiction]] within Canadian [[law enforcement]] to create a transnational wronged case, Serious injustice in the judicial system.<ref name=":2" />
+Amanda Zhao's murder and the subsequent investigation highlighted issues with the co-operation of Canada and China in matters of justice, and issues of Canadian [[law enforcement]] to create a transnational wronged case, Serious injustice in the judicial system.<ref name=":2" />
 ==Background==
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 Due to the sloppiness of the investigation, many valuable clues were not been traced or no results in Zhao's murder, [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCMP]] was not even established a prima facie case. No time of death, No place of death, No primary crime scene. DNA on the victim's left wrist, hairs in her hand and on her body, yarns and fibers found in the suitcase, wood chips from her body, several small wood chips and slivers of wood & several synthetic fibres in her hair all led to the real culprit.<ref name=":2" />
+Someone named Jada clearly knows who murdered Amanda Zhao (Wei Zhao). Check the original [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCMP]] investigation notes.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=RCMP |first=Investigation Notes |title=Source: Volume 24, Page 19; Volume 26, Page 70 of RCMP Investigation Records |url=/proxy/https://amandazhao.org/culprit |url-status=live}}</ref>
-Zhang Han, who was Li's cousin, his statements & letters completely contradicts with any physical evidences in this case, was fabricated under intimidation and inducements. These are very reasons the Supreme Court of BC ruled it inadmissible and illegal. Zhang was later [[Acquittal|acquitted]] by the [[British Columbia Supreme Court]] because the confession had been improperly obtained. Zhao, Li, and Zhang shared a [[basement]] apartment in [[Burnaby]] at the time of disappearance.<ref name="auto"/>
+Zhang Han, who was Li's cousin, his statements & letters completely contradicted with any physical evidences in this case, was fabricated under intimidation and inducements. These are very reasons the  [[British Columbia Supreme Court]] ruled it inadmissible and illegal <ref name=":4" />
-Eleven days before the body was found, Li reported to police that Zhao was missing after she went to buy groceries at the local [[Safeway Inc.|Safeway]] store.<ref name="auto2">{{Citation | title = Visiting parents demand justice in Zhao's slaying 6 years ago | url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/visiting-parents-demand-justice-in-zhao-s-slaying-6-years-ago-1.706069 |date=October 7, 2009 | publisher = [[CBC.ca|CBC]] |access-date=October 15, 2009|archive-url=/proxy/https://web.archive.org/web/20081011154642/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/visiting-parents-demand-justice-in-zhao-s-slaying-6-years-ago-1.706069|archive-date=October 11, 2008}}</ref> However, three days after Zhao's body was found, Li returned to China.<ref name="auto3">{{Citation | title = Amanda Zhao's parents still crying for justice| url= http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=a6665963-535b-440b-88bd-5fc0823cae39|date=October 13, 2009 | publisher = [[canada.com]] |access-date=October 15, 2009|archive-url=/proxy/https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093702/http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=a6665963-535b-440b-88bd-5fc0823cae39|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>
+There was no corroborative evidence implicating Li or Zhang (Street cameras, private & commercial cameras, car sighting, suitcase, fibers, dirt, dust, pollen, soil, particulate matter, residual material, fingerprints, footprints, DNA or cell-phone location evidence).<ref name=":2" />
-Li was initially questioned by the RCMP on the case, but it was not until seven months after the murder that the RCMP issued a warrant for his arrest and he was charged with second-degree murder ''[[Trial in absentia|in absentia]]'' by the [[Canadian government]].<ref>{{Citation|title=China arrests two in Zhao slaying|url=/proxy/http://news.globaltv.com/Suspect+Amanda+Zhao+slaying+arrested+China+report/2097023/story.html|date=October 13, 2009|publisher=[[Global Television Network]]|access-date=October 15, 2009|archive-url=/proxy/https://web.archive.org/web/20110711101722/http://news.globaltv.com/Suspect+Amanda+Zhao+slaying+arrested+China+report/2097023/story.html|archive-date=2011-07-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>
+All the physical evidences from RCMP points to the real perpetrator is still at large.
-In 2004, Li had been taken into custody by the Chinese government, but was later released due to lack of evidence.<ref name="auto1">{{Citation |author=Susanna Ng |title=Family of murdered student Amanda Zhao arrives in Vancouver |date=October 7, 2008 |url=/proxy/https://www.straight.com/article-165079/family-murdered-student-amanda-zhao-arrive-vancouver |access-date=October 15, 2009 |publisher=[[Straight.com]]}}</ref>
-Li was arrested by Chinese authorities again in October 2009 and [[convicted]] in September 2012, and sentenced to [[life in prison]].<ref>{{cite news| url=/proxy/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/chinese-court-finds-boyfriend-guilty-of-murdering-amanda-zhao-in-bc/article4571154/ | location=Toronto | work=The Globe and Mail | title=Chinese court finds boyfriend guilty of murdering Amanda Zhao in B.C |author=Mark MacKinnon| date=September 27, 2012}}</ref> In 2014, Li's sentence was changed by the Supreme court of Beijing to 7 years. The original first degree murder charge has been changed to secondary degree murder charge as the Supreme court of Beijing ruled that Zhao was accidentally killed by Li during a pillow play fight. The court decision was controversial as the court ruled without any new evidence. Zhao's mother, Yang Baoying, criticised the verdict as a travesty.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sentence reduced for Burnaby woman's killer |url=/proxy/https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/sentence-reduced-for-burnaby-womans-killer-2981173 |access-date=September 20, 2023 |work=[[Burnaby Now]] |date=July 2, 2014 |archive-url=/proxy/https://web.archive.org/web/20230920170006/https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/sentence-reduced-for-burnaby-womans-killer-2981173 |archive-date=September 20, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
 ==Aftermath==
+Due to no evidence the Canadian government can provide about murder cases to China, as Chinese authorities politicized this case and abducted innocent Li as a bargaining chip with Canada to turn over Lai Changxing (Chairman of Yuanhua Group, was the richest man in China). “The RCMP officials with whom I have spoken have voiced their fear that Ang Li is being used as a bargaining chip to force Canada to send Lai back." the Burnaby MP said.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=2003-10-31 |title=China using B.C. fugitive as bargaining chip |url=/proxy/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/china-using-bc-fugitive-as-bargaining-chip/article1168593/ |access-date=2024-06-22 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}}</ref>
-The arrests for Amanda Zhao's murder took many years to complete due to the reluctance of the Canadian government in providing evidence about murder cases to China, as Chinese authorities allow for [[capital punishment]] for murder, which is illegal in Canada. On October 13, 2009, Secretary of State for Multiculturalism [[Jason Kenney]] said that China's capital punishment policy has been a problem in the case.<ref name="auto2"/>
+As everyone knows, Lai Changxing was eventually extradited to China, and Mr.Li 's counterpart of hostage diplomacy Lai was alleged dead in Chinese prison. <ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=加国头条 i4cc.ca ｜ 厦门远华走私案主角赖昌星 被指因病身亡 |url=/proxy/http://i4cc.ca/single.php?id=271085 |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=i4cc.ca}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite news |title=It is said that Lai Changxing died of a heart attack. |url=/proxy/https://www.aboluowang.com/2018/0909/1171418.html}}</ref>
+It was a political persecution & torture targeted on Mr. Li in China due to he is a human rights defender to criticize CCP Genocidal atrocities in Tibet, the authority made him a scapegoat in reprisal.
-In 2023, ''[[The New Zealand Herald]]'' reported that Li (using the alias Leo Li) had entered New Zealand using a fake identity in June 2019. Li also brought his wife Ruixue Yuan and their two sons. Li and his family initially lived in [[Invercargill]] before moving to [[Auckland]] where he applied for refugee status, claiming that he had experienced persecution and torture in China for his [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] beliefs and pro-Tibetan activism. He also alleged that Zhao was still alive and that he had fled to New Zealand after the [[Chinese Communist Party]] had summoned him to a military subdistrict office. [[Immigration New Zealand]] rejected his refugee application, citing his murder conviction and contradictory testimony. Li has appealed against Immigration NZ's decision to deny him and his family refugee status.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Tan |first=Lincoln |title=Suitcase murder: Convicted killer sneaks into NZ on fake name, starts new life |url=/proxy/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/canada-suitcase-murder-convicted-killer-leo-li-enters-nz-with-fake-name-fighting-to-stay-on-as-refugee/G4NCDGYIEFBFXBMEB4FHUPP47E/ |access-date=September 20, 2023|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=February 26, 2023 |language=en-NZ|archive-url=/proxy/https://web.archive.org/web/20230426090406/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/canada-suitcase-murder-convicted-killer-leo-li-enters-nz-with-fake-name-fighting-to-stay-on-as-refugee/G4NCDGYIEFBFXBMEB4FHUPP47E/|archive-date=April 26, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Carrigg |first1=David |title=Man responsible for death of woman in B.C. now lives in New Zealand and claims she is still alive |url=/proxy/https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/amanda-zhao-killer-now-living-in-new-zealand-and-claims-she-is-still-alive |access-date=September 20, 2023 |work=[[Vancouver Sun]] |date=March 5, 2023}}</ref> Li's pro-Tibetan activism was disputed by the local Tibetan community in Auckland, who described his behaviour as opportunistic in light of his murder conviction.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Tan|first=Lincoln|title=Tibetans angry convicted Chinese murderer used 'Tibetan cause' to fight deportation |url=/proxy/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/tibetans-angry-convicted-chinese-murderer-using-tibetan-cause-to-fight-deportation/VO3QMOLFSRBATAFN7FFA6IA644/ |access-date=September 20, 2023|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=February 28, 2023 |language=en-NZ |archive-url=/proxy/https://web.archive.org/web/20230314212437/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/tibetans-angry-convicted-chinese-murderer-using-tibetan-cause-to-fight-deportation/VO3QMOLFSRBATAFN7FFA6IA644/ |archive-date=March 14, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
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-{{reflist}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=British Columbia Supreme Court |first=Judgment |date=June 10, 2004. |title=R. v. Zhang, [2004] B.C.J. No. 1243 |url=/proxy/https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?id=urn:contentItem:5F7T-S7C1-F4NT-X424-00000-00&idtype=PID&context=1230042 |url-status=live |website=[[LexisNexis]]}}</ref>
+<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=British Columbia Supreme Court |first=Judgment |date=June 10, 2004. |title=R. v. Zhang, [2004] B.C.J. No. 1243 |url=/proxy/https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?id=urn:contentItem:5F7T-S7C1-F4NT-X424-00000-00&idtype=PID&context=1230042 |url-status=live |website=[[LexisNexis]]}}</ref>
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