POLICE in southwest China
have detained a man suspected of murdering more than a dozen boys and young
men, chopping up their bodies and selling the flesh to unsuspecting consumers.
Zhang Yongming, 56, was
detained two weeks ago in Nanmen village in Yunnan province and is being
investigated over the murder of a 19-year-old man in late April, the Guangxi
News website reported.
Police searching Zhang's
home found the young man's cellphone, bank card and other evidence, according
to the website, which said more than a dozen other teenagers had gone missing
from the village over the years.
It said Zhang had previously
served almost 20 years in jail for murder.
Zhang was known in the
village as the "cannibal monster," the site reported, quoting
residents as saying they had seen green plastic bags hanging from his home,
with what appeared to be white bones protruding from the top.
Local police declined
comment when contacted by AFP Friday, saying information would be made
available "at an appropriate time", and other reports on the gruesome
case appeared to have been removed from Chinese websites.
But Hong Kong newspaper The
Standard said Friday that police entering Zhang's home discovered human
eyeballs preserved inside wine bottles and pieces of what appeared to be human
flesh hanging in the house to dry.
Police feared that Zhang had
fed human flesh to his three dogs, while selling other parts on the market,
calling it "ostrich meat", according to The Standard.
Beijing has dispatched a
team of experts to Yunnan to supervise the investigation into the missing
teenagers and two local police chiefs have been dismissed from their positions,
the official Xinhua news agency said.
Families of the missing
suspected that they had been kidnapped and forced to work in illegal brick
kilns, Xinhua said, adding that the government had urged a swift resolution to
the case. (Agencies)
This is insane!
ReplyDeletekejamnya dia tu..
ReplyDeleteGlad this psycho had been arrested.
ReplyDeleteMemang wajar dihukum gantung saja ni.
ReplyDeleteRupanya masih wujud lagi 'orang kanibal' zaman ni atau orang ni memang otak tak betul.
ReplyDeletenasib baik la tidak ada manusia seperti ini di Malaysia..
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