宁波高校外教杀害女生案一审开庭

宁波高校外教杀害女生案一审开庭

11/26/2021

中国浙江省宁波市中级人民法院昨天（25日）公开审理了美籍外教杀害女学生案。

据中国央视新闻客户端消息，宁波市人民检察院指控，美国籍被告人沙迪德（Shadeed Abdulmateen）于2019年与23岁的被害人陈某相识后，被告人谎称自己离异单身，并与陈某建立男女朋友关系。2021年5月下旬，陈某向沙迪德提出分手，遭到沙迪德反对和言语威胁。

同年6月14日晚上9时48分，沙迪德将陈某约至宁波市通途路清水桥路口公交车站附近见面，用事先准备的“勃朗宁”牌折叠刀朝陈某颈部、面部捅刺、切割数刀，致陈某当场死亡，随后沙迪德逃离现场。

庭审中，公诉机关、辩护人出示了相关证据，法庭为被告人沙迪德聘请了翻译。控辩双方及被害人亲属委托的诉讼代理人在法庭主持下充分发表了意见。开庭前，人民法院依照相关规定通知了美国驻上海总领事馆，该馆官员到庭旁听。

庭审最后，法庭宣布择期宣判。

此前，宁波鄞州公安局6月19日发布通报称，上级公安机关对此案高度重视，全程指导案件侦办，检察机关已依法介入。该局将严格规范执法，确保办成铁案。

据死者父母及知情者披露的信息，死者为宁波工程学院23岁大三女生，河北沧州人。疑犯是该校美国籍非裔外教，2016年起在宁波工程学院国际交流学院任教英文。有网民爆料，涉案外教此前曾因骚扰女生被投诉，但学校仍保留了其职务。这起刑事案引起中国民众众怒，大量网民要求“杀人偿命”。

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宁波检察院对杀害中国女生的美籍外教提起公诉

8/20/2021

宁波工程学院今年6月14日发生命案，受害者是一名23岁的大三学生，犯罪嫌疑人沙迪德·阿布杜梅亭是该校一名美籍黑人外教。（互联网）

浙江省宁波市人民检察院今天以故意杀人罪，对杀害中国女生的美籍外教沙迪德·阿布杜梅亭提起公诉。

据宁波检察院官方微博消息，宁波市人民检察院指控，被告人沙迪德·阿布杜梅亭故意非法剥夺他人生命，致人死亡，其行为触犯了《中华人民共和国刑法》第二百三十二条，犯罪事实清楚，证据确实、充分，应当以故意杀人罪追究其刑事责任，依法予以惩处。

据此前报道，宁波工程学院今年6月14日发生命案，受害者是一名23岁的大三学生，涉案的沙迪德·阿布杜梅亭是该校一名美籍黑人外教，案发前曾追求这名女生。

这起刑事案引起中国民众众怒，大量网民要求官方严惩凶手、“杀人偿命”，呼吁执法机关不因嫌疑人是外籍人士而网开一面。

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宁波高校外教杀害女学生引发众怒网民呼吁严惩不让外籍身份成罪犯“护身符”

来自 / 联合早报 | 文 / 杨丹旭

6/20/2021

受害者是宁波工程学院一名23岁的大三学生，涉案外籍人士是该校一名美籍黑人外教。图为宁波工程学院。（互联网）

作者：杨丹旭

受害者是宁波工程学院一名23岁的大三学生，涉案外籍人士是该校一名美籍黑人外教，案发前曾追求这名女生。有网民爆料，涉案外教此前曾因骚扰女生被投诉，但学校仍保留了其职务。这起刑事案引起中国民众众怒，大量网民要求“杀人偿命”。

中国浙江宁波发生高校外教杀害女学生的骇人命案，引发舆论极度愤怒。中国网民呼吁官方严惩罪犯，不让外籍身份成为罪犯逃脱法律制裁的“护身符”。

宁波鄞州公安分局前天（6月18日）通报，破获一起涉外刑事案件。通报称，警方在6月14日晚上10时接报，鄞州区通途路世纪大道附近树林中发生命案，一名女性被害。警方在次日凌晨抓获一名外籍男性犯罪嫌疑人。据犯罪嫌疑人供述称，因感情纠纷行凶，案件正在进一步侦办中。

根据网上传开的疑似死者父亲发的长文叙述，受害者是宁波工程学院一名23岁的大三学生，涉案外籍人士是该校一名美籍黑人外教，案发前曾追求这名女生。

该文也称，家属要求学校给一个说法，但学校称案件在受害者离开学校时发生，学校没有责任，只能向家属退还学费，建议家长走法律程序。

有网民爆料，涉案外教此前曾因骚扰女生被投诉，但学校仍保留了其职务。也有网民称，命案发生后，学校对外封锁消息，禁止学生在社交媒体上谈论案件。

这起恶劣的刑事案引起中国民众众怒，大量网民要求官方严惩凶手、“杀人偿命”，呼吁执法机关不因嫌疑人是外籍人士而网开一面。

重庆市协和心理顾问事务所所长谭刚强受访时向《联合早报》指出：“民众因为过去的一些经验，以及官方之前在处理这类案件时，因外交、当下时局等原因不公开、不透明，会担心违法者不被严惩，质疑法律的严肃性。”

“超国民待遇”常受争议

在华外国人在执法机关面前的“超国民待遇”不时受争议。2019年一名在福州的留学生骑电动车时因违规载人被交警拦下，该外籍学生五次推搡交警、暴力抗法，警方最后对其进行批评教育，但该处罚被网民质疑太轻。

面对汹涌的网络舆情，鄞州公安分局昨天再发通报称，将严格规范执法，“确保办成铁案”。

法律博主“检者青峰”昨天发文指出，担心凶手靠外国人身份逃脱法律制裁的担心“并无现实基础”，外国人的身份确实是司法机关定罪量刑不得不考虑的因素，但这种影响不是绝对的。但评论不讳言，某些部门在处理涉外事件时，可能存在对外国人身份投鼠忌器“和稀泥”的处理问题。

《环球时报》总编辑胡锡进前天在微博评论指出，外籍的身份完全无法成为那些罪犯逃避惩罚的保护伞，“这一点大家无需怀疑”。

他同时提醒，舆论第一时间对案情的关注应避免聚焦到犯罪嫌疑人的国籍和肤色上，那样的话有可能在国际舆论场上引起反弹，因此任何成熟的社会都不会鼓励那样的关注方向。

外国人“超国民待遇”的老话题也再度浮现，有网民质疑，高校崇洋媚外尤为严重。急于国际化的中国高校近年来积极引入外籍教师和留学生，召来门槛过低、超国民待遇等争议，由此引发的个别事件，也频频刺激中国民众敏感神经。

山东大学两年前被曝给外国留学生配“学伴”，并在报名表格使用“结交外国异性友人”等暧昧表述，陷入舆论风波。

四川成都电子科技大学最近在端午节举行传统文化体验活动，也被质疑仅邀请男性留学生和中国女生参加。不过，校方回应称，相关指责严重歪曲事实。

宁波外教杀害女学生案在社交媒体引起大量讨论，但中国主流媒体并未进行突出报道。

谭刚强分析，中共建党100年庆祝在即，高层强调维稳，相信案件因此被淡化处理。他说：“不过，普通民众仍然会密切关注，尤其是其司法公正问题。”

（记者是《联合早报》北京特派员）

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Foreign identity can’t be used as shield to escape punishment in China

By Lu Xue

6/20/2021

A woman on June 14 was murdered in Yinzhou district, Ningbo, East China’s Zhejiang Province. According to an online post purported to be parent of the victim, the victim is a college student in a local university and the alleged suspect is a foreign teacher who lectures at the college where the victim was studying. Local police announced on Saturday that it had arrested a suspect. But it didn’t identify the victim and suspect as a college student and teacher at the local university.

This case has triggered wide public anger in China, with many netizens calling for the death sentence for the foreigner. Some worry that the alleged perpetrator would get a lighter sentence if he is foreign.

Hong Daode, a professor of criminal law at the China University of Political Science and Law, told Global Times on Sunday that such a narrative is a complete misconception. Some people have misled the public in this regard. They tend to compare the results of similar practices by Chinese nationals and their foreign counterparts, believing foreign ones get preferential treatment.

For example, in July 2019, an international student in Fuzhou, East China’s Fujian Province, pushed a police officer who tried to stop him for illegally carrying a person on an electric scooter. This student was released after being criticized, which many citizens considered a very light punishment. They said if it were a Chinese, the punishment would be harder. Such rhetoric may have left many netizens the impression that foreign citizens who commit crimes in China will be given a lighter sentence.

But the fact is foreign nationals in China do not have extraterritorial rights, Hong said. “There is no such thing as a lighter sentence for foreigners who commit crimes in China. The legal provisions and judicial practice of China are absolutely equal to anyone regardless of their nationality, especially for criminal offenders.” Two Canadian citizens producing and trafficking a large amount of drugs were sentenced to death by Chinese courts in 2019 and 2020. Foreign identity cannot be a shield for foreign nationals to escape punishment in China. There is no doubt about that.

With globalization and China’s increasing openness, more and more foreigners arrive in China to seek academic and employment opportunities. Against this backdrop, cases involving foreigners committing crimes in the country have arisen. The public’s attention to the cases should avoid focusing on the nationality of the suspect, but on the cases itself.

Yinzhou police authorities said in bulletin that they will strictly regulate the law enforcement, and ensure to make their case with conclusive evidence. It is expected that Yinzhou police will publish more information related to the case when the investigation progresses, in a bid to dispel the public’s suspicions about the sentencing of foreign suspects.

Furthermore, many netizens appeal for stronger supervision and verification of foreign teachers’ backgrounds in both public and cram schools. Some online posts alleged that the suspect, who was married, had harassed female students several times. If so, the suspect’s basic professional ethics as a teacher must be questioned.

The quality of foreign teachers in China is indeed uneven. Three or four decades ago, when China’s economy was backward, many foreigners were reluctant to come to China. It is rational that the criteria for recruiting a foreign teacher were low. But as the country has witnessed a rapid rise in terms of social and economic development, greater emphasis should be attached to the quality of foreign teachers, instead of quantity. The basic requirement for lecturers in most Chinese universities are PhD holders or above, and the threshold of foreign teachers should keep pace with it. It is hoped that the case, if proved, serves as an opportunity to strengthen the supervision of foreign teachers, to avoid repetition of such a tragedy.

Murder case allegedly committed by foreigner draws attention of Chinese netizens, calling for impartiality

By Global Times

6/20/2021

The murder of a woman by a foreigner in a university in East China’s Zhejiang Province has drawn public outrage, with many Chinese netizens calling for severe punishment and for the fact that he is a foreigner not to be a factor.

Many netizens have expressed regret and pain over the woman’s murder and some have called for impartiality in handling the case as they believe the nationality of the suspect should not be a factor given special treatment and could not be serve as a shield to dodge severe punishment.

The Yinzhou public security bureau in Ningbo first reported the incident on Friday, in which it said the police received a report at 10 pm on June 14 that a woman had been killed in the woods near Shiji Avenue in Yinzhou district of Ningbo. The suspect, a foreign male, was arrested. According to his confession, he murdered the woman over a relationship dispute.

In a second police release on Saturday, the local bureau said they had traced tools discarded by the suspect and objects related to the case.

Higher-level public security organs have attached great importance to the case. The procuratorial organ has stepped in according to law and the bureau will strictly regulate law enforcement to ensure the case is properly handled, the Yinzhou public security bureau said in the latest release.

The police did not reveal which country the foreign national comes from.

According to an online post purported to be parent of the victim, the victim is a college student in a local university and the alleged suspect is a foreign teacher who lectures at the college where the victim was studying. The police didn’t identify the victim and suspect as a college student and teacher at the college.

“In such a horrible and brutal case, the killer should never be given a lighter sentence just because he is a foreigner,” wrote one netizen on China’s Twitter-like social networking platform Sina Weibo.

In the past few years, there have been cases of foreigners receiving supranational treatment in various regions in China, which made this incident involving a crime committed by a foreigner of great interest to the public, observers noted.

Justice will definitely be carried out. This foreigner-related murder case in Yinzhou is a criminal case of serious nature, and the murderer will never escape the severe punishment of Chinese law, observers said.

China’s criminal law provides that foreigners who commit criminal offenses in China’s territory, except those with diplomatic immunity, are directly subject to the disposal of Chinese criminal law.

Global Times