Wei Wei

Wei Wei, 24, a former student at a Japanese-language school in Japan, owned up to the charge at the start of his murder trial before the Fukuoka District Court. Wei told the court he did not know how three of the family members died because he did not witness their murders.

According to the indictment, Wei and two other Chinese men killed Shinjiro Matsumoto, 41, a clothing dealer, his wife, Chika, 40, and their son, Kai, 11, and daughter, Hina, 8, on June 20, and stole about ¥37,000 in cash. Their bodies were found the same day in Hakata Bay, handcuffed and weighted down with dumbbells.

Two alleged accomplices, Wang Liang, 22, and Yang Ning, 23, are in Chinese police custody, and will face trial under Chinese law because there is no bilateral extradition treaty between Japan and China.

The Japan Times Weekly: April 3, 2004
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