Finally, it’s over. One of the most watched cases in China’s recent history has come to a conclusion with the execution of the man responsible for the murder of a female-Nanjing-college student. The Nanjinger has been watching the case from the outset.
终于，结束了。中国近代历史上最受关注的案件之一已经结束，杀害一名南京女大学生的凶手被处决。 《南京人》从一开始就一直关注着此案。
On 7 May, 2023, the Intermediate People’s Court of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province executed Hong Qiao in accordance with legal procedures for his murder of the 21-year-old college student surnamed Li, on 9 July, 2020. The Paper has reported the story in full.
2023年5月7日，云南省西双版纳傣族自治州中级人民法院依照法律程序对洪乔于2020年7月9日杀害21岁大学生李某一案依法执行死刑。澎湃新闻对此进行了全文报道。
Before the death sentence was carried out, the Intermediate People’s Court of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture arranged for Hong to meet with close relatives in accordance with the law, fully safeguarding the legitimate rights of the condemned.
死刑执行前，西双版纳傣族自治州中级人民法院依法安排洪某会见近亲属，充分保障了死刑犯的合法权利。
Hong was sentenced to death on 27 June, 2022, for intentional homicide and theft. He was also deprived of his political rights for life and fined ¥10,000.
2022年6月27日，洪某因故意杀人罪、盗窃罪被判处死刑。并被剥夺政治权利终身，并处罚金1万元。
Upon appeal, the Yunnan Provincial Higher People’s Court ruled in the second instance to reject, uphold the original judgment and submit it to the Supreme People’s Court for approval.
经上诉，云南省高级人民法院二审裁定驳回、维持原判，报请最高人民法院核准。
After their review, that Court found itself believing in the facts of the case as determined in the first and second-instance judgments. The Court found the evidence reliable and sufficient, the conviction accurate, the sentencing appropriate and the trial procedure legal.
该院经审查，相信一审判决、二审判决认定的案件事实。本院认为，证据确实、充分，定罪准确，量刑适当，审判程序合法。
For readers who have not followed the case, Li was murdered by her boyfriend, Hong, and two others, in Menghai County of Yunnan Province.
尚未关注此案的读者请注意，李在云南省勐海县被男友洪和另外两人谋杀。
She had been lured there from Nanjing under a false pretense by Hong, together with the other two, surnamed Cao and Zhang. It is believed that once there, Hong had instructed the others to kill Li.
她是被洪某和另外两人曹姓、张姓从南京骗到这里的。据信，洪一到那里就指示其他人杀死李。
Family members of female-college students in Nanjing close to the victim revealed at the time a possible motive to have been an emotional dispute not long before the trip to Yunnan.
与受害人关系密切的南京女大学生家属当时透露，可能的动机是去云南前不久发生的情感纠纷。
After the incident, Hong pretended to help Li’s parents find their daughter and even accompanied them to Nanjing’s Maqun Police Station. Hong went on to cite him having psychological issues, a claim rejected by public security organs and the Menghai County People’s Procuratorate.
案发后，洪某假意帮助李某父母寻找女儿，并陪同李某父母前往南京市马群派出所。洪先生还称自己有心理问题，但公安机关和勐海县人民检察院均驳回了他的说法。
The case became a sensation with Li’s father refusing to ever give up. Making it clear that he did not seek compensation, he said 1 year after the murder, “Murderers should pay with their life. We firmly demand that he be executed”.
此案轰动一时，李的父亲拒绝放弃。谋杀一年后，他明确表示自己没有寻求赔偿，“凶手应该付出生命的代价。我们坚决要求将他处决”。
But he found himself then attracting the ire of the watching world, when he subsequently live streamed from outside the courthouse as the trial was heard, drawing millions of followers and the inevitable accusation that he was seeking to profit from the death of his own daughter.
但他发现自己引起了全世界观看者的愤怒，随后他在法庭外进行了审判听证会的现场直播，吸引了数百万追随者，并不可避免地被指责为试图从自己女儿的死亡中获利。
