The body of the "Passion Fruit Girl" was cremated and the mortuary fee was reduced by more than 100,000 yuan

　　The body of the "Passion Fruit Girl" was cremated, and the civil affairs department reduced the mortuary fee of more than 100,000 yuan

　　The Chengdu Commercial Daily-Red Star News reporter learned from the family members of the girl Yang Mouyan who was killed in the "Passion Fruit Girl Case" (the rape of Yang Guangyi) that on the morning of January 18, the family members went to the funeral home to cremate Yang Mouyan’s body and Select a time for Yang Mouyan to handle the funeral in accordance with local customs.

The family members also stated that they are waiting for the Supreme Court’s news about the murderer Yang Guangyi’s death penalty. Yang’s case has always attracted public attention. The final verdict is also an explanation to the public and comfort to the dead.

　　For more than two years from the 2018 case to the retrial of Yang Guangyi's death sentence, the body of the murdered girl Yang Mouyan has been parked in a funeral home in Lingshan County, Guangxi, incurring a fee of more than 100,000 yuan in accordance with the charging standard.

On December 28, 2020, the Guangxi Higher People's Court publicly pronounced a sentence on the rape of Yang Guangyi that the Supreme Court ordered a retrial, revoked the second-instance judgment, commuted Yang Guangyi's death sentence, and submitted to the Supreme Law for approval.

After the verdict was pronounced in the retrial, Yang's relatives expressed satisfaction with the verdict, but were concerned about the high mortuary fees, and applied to the local civil affairs department for a reduction or exemption of funeral home expenses.

On January 18, 2021, Yang Mouyan’s sister stated that this part of the fee has been reduced.

　　According to the Chengdu Commercial Daily-Red Star News, a 10-year-old girl, Yang Mouyan, died when she was about one year old. Her mother, Chen Liyan, took care of five children and made a living by farming and doing odd jobs.

At noon on October 4, 2018, Yang Mouyan sold passion fruit alone for 32 yuan.

Yang Guangyi squatted on her way home, forcibly picked up and carried up the mountain. During the attack, he stabbed the girl in the eyes and neck, took 32 yuan and raped the girl, soaked the girl in water and abandoned it in the mountains.

Chengdu Commercial Daily-Red Star News reporter Chen Qingyuan