Image via WikipediaA Chinese kitchenhand accused of murdering an Auckland, NZ, cabbie will be tried in his native country, but will not face the death penalty.
It is understood an agreement has been brokered between the New Zealand and Chinese Governments in which 23-year-old Zhen Xiao will stand trial for the killing of Hiren Mohini, but will not be subject to capital punishment, provided New Zealand police hand over their evidence.
Police located Xiao in Shanghai last week - more than four months after Mr Mohini, 39, was stabbed to death in Mt Eden's View Rd.
Xiao's Auckland flatmates previously told the Weekend Herald he had fled the country - apparently to visit his sick grandfather - about a week after the killing.
Inquiry head Detective Senior Sergeant Hywel Jones last night told the Weekend Herald, from China, the death penalty was typically taken off the table in cases stemming from other jurisdictions.
"Basically what happens in a case like this is we go through diplomatic channels and request that the death penalty is waived and that's what's happened in the past and once they give assurances they don't go back on that."
Mr Jones said he could not reveal how Zhen was located as the case was now before the Chinese courts and details were sub judice.
Acknowledgements: Weekend Herald/ MSN
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