Ma Jiajue was sentenced to death deprived of his political...

Ma Jiajue was sentenced to death deprived of his political rights for life by the Kunming Intermediate People's Court, in southwest China's Yunnan Province, after he was convicted of killing four fellow students. Ma, 24, from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, was accused of killing the four in Yunnan University between February 13 and 15, 2004. Bodies of the four victims were found in a dormitory in the university on February 23, all with deadly injuries consistent with a blunt metal object. Ma was later listed as chief suspect by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security, which offered a 200,000 yuan (24,300 US dollars) reward to people providing information or clues leading to his apprehension. He was captured on March 15 in southern China's island province of Hainan and was sent back to Yunnan two days later.