On April 27, according to the Beijing Youth Daily, Zhang Hongyuan, a lawyer representing the victim in the Wife Killing and Insurance Deception Case in Thailand, stated that the defendant Zhang Moufan had been sentenced to death.

In 2018, Tianjin man Zhang Moufan took his wife Xiaojie and his 20-month-old daughter on a trip to Phuket, Thailand, and later killed his wife Xiaojie for obtaining a huge amount of insurance.

On December 24, 2019, the defendant Zhang Moufan was sentenced to life imprisonment.

(Producing Le Xiaomin)

Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]