The family of an international student killed in British Columbia will finally have their day in court.
Nine years after Amanada Zhao’s body was found in a suitcase near Stave Lake, ex-boyfriend Ang Li – who fled Canada before being charged by RCMP – is scheduled to stand trail for the 21-year-old’s murder in a Beijing courtroom Tuesday.
NDP MLA Jenny Kwan, who has been acting as the Canadian advocate for Zhao’s parents, said she was thrilled the case is finally moving forward – after the Canadian government agreed to share evidence when China agreed to drop the death penalty in the case.
“The family will get their day in court,” Kwan told media in Vancouver. “That’s what they wanted from the outset, so they can get justice.”
Li fled to China after becoming a prime suspect in the case and remained at large because there’s no extradition agreement between the two countries.
Chinese authorities arrested Li and his cousin Han Zhang, charged with helping dispose Zhao’s body, in 2009 after intense international pressure.
Zhao was living in Burnaby while studying at Coquitlam College.
Local news from metronews.ca/vancouver
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