Murderer of Beijing Opera Star Sentenced to Death

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Murderer of Beijing Opera Star Sentenced to Death

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The murderer of famous Beijing opera singer Wang Yinqiu has been sentenced to death by the No. 1 Intermediate People's Court of Beijing, with his political rights deprived for life and his possessions confiscated.

Wang Yinqiu was killed on Oct. 20, 2001 by Zhan Qinghua, a migrant worker from Juye County in east China's Shandong Province,who broke into Wang's house from a balcony and attacked the 75-year-old singer with a kitchen knife.

Sources with the court said the 32-year-old criminal then stoleproperty worth 4,600 yuan (554 US dollars), including about 1,000 yuan (120 US dollars) in cash, portable VCD and CD players, a goldring, a shaver and operatic headgear.

Wang, born in Suzhou in east China's Jiangsu Province, was a renowned artist in the Beijing Opera Theater, and student of ChengYanqiu, founder of the Cheng style of Beijing Opera singing.

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