Caijing Online, 2009-05-29
Nearly three weeks after 22-year-old karaoke center waitress Deng Yuqiao stabbed two Dandong County (Hubei Province) government officials—killing one—in alleged self-defense, new case developments continue to attract national attention. After hiring two Beijing lawyers to represent Deng in the investigation phase of the case, her mother abruptly discharged them under possible police pressure and retained the services of two local Hubei lawyers. The two Beijing lawyers, in turn, submitted a prosecution request to local police asking them to investigate the surviving official, Huang Dezhi, on suspicion of attempted rape. Deng's new lawyers, meanwhile, secured her release from detention on residential surveillance. They also denied media rumors that they would seek a lighter or reduced sentence for Deng—in effect pleading guilty—saying they would evaluate the prosecution's evidence after police conclude their investigation; based on their interviews with Deng, though, they believe the current charge of intentional homicide is erroneous.
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