Yang Jia, convicted in the July stabbing deaths of six officers, had been in police custody last year. The attack prompted many Chinese to question police treatment of suspects. ... ...full story at LA Times
from LA Times on Tue, Sep 02 2008
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| 23 Apr 08 |
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Japan:'Hu Jintao' Torch run with 100 officers alongside »
YouTube video Police plan to have about 100 officers run alongside the torchbearers in the central Japan city. Another 3,000 officers will be deployed along the route to guard the relay.
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| 08 Sep 08 |
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Chinese police adopt new form of self-defense » Blogging For China The other headline story in China over the last week has been the murder of 6 police officers in Shanghai. Yang Jia, an unemployed man originally from Beijing, attacked a public security office building, stabbing to death 6 officers. All of this... |
| 23 Oct 08 |
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Legal observers back court ruling on Chinese police killer » People's Daily Prominent Chinese law experts have lined up to support the guilty verdict and death sentence handed down to Yang Jia, the 28-year-old man who killed six police officers in Shanghai earlier this year. The trial and appeal hearings were just and the... |
| 01 Jul 08 |
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Man with knife goes on rampage in Shanghai police station, kills at least 5 officers » Shanghaiist The 28 year old suspect, surnamed Yang, is from Beijing, and was taking revenge on police officers at the Zhabei police station for investigating him for alleged bicycle theft. Not the sort of harmonious news we'd like to be hearing one month before the... |
| 03 Jul 08 |
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Update: Sixth police officer dies in Shanghai stabbing » Shanghaiist Another police officer who was attacked on July 1 was pronounced dead today, increasing the fatality count to six. The conditions of the three remaining injured officers and one security guard are still unclear. Yang Jia (杨佳), 28, is currently u... |
| 21 Oct 08 |
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Cop killer's fate upheld » People's Daily This city's high court has upheld the death sentence handed to the Beijing man who broke into a Shanghai police station on July 1 and stabbed six officers to death. The ruling, announced yesterday morning by Shanghai high people's court, rejected Yang... |
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