A couple was suspected of having financial problems due to repayment of debts for their son, and decided to go to Huangquan with their son on the 29th of the Lunar New Year last year. However, following the couple jumped off the roof of the building where they lived, the son gave up suicidal thoughts and finally police officers. Officers arrived and arrested the son. The son of the driver, who earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of coordinated suicide, confirmed his guilty plea in the High Court today (27th) and was sentenced to five and a half years in prison by Judge Chen Zhongheng. The judge stated that the defendant had always been aware of his parents’ decision to commit suicide and accompanied them, but he never tried to stop them. Besides, the defendant’s plea letter did not mention his grief and grief for the loss of his parents, except that he hoped for a lighter sentence. The judge pointed out that he was chilled by this, but indicated that it would not be regarded as an additional factor.
Born in Guangzhou, the defendant Liu Jiawei (43), who was a driver of the company at the time of the incident, has no previous criminal record. The charge alleges the defendant aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring his father Liu Shaobin (73) and his mother Xu Qufang (66) to commit suicide on February 10, 2021 in Hong Kong.
