Xinhua, the official state news agency reported that...

Xinhua, the official state news agency reported that a Guangxi Zhuang, "Falun Gong addict", was sentenced to death for murder by the Intermediate People's Court in the Guangxi Zhuang. "At about 17.00 in the afternoon of 16 April 2001, Lan Yunchang scurried to the home of Wei Shaoming, a villager of Shangdong village in the same locality, demanding some arsenic, but this demand was not met, so Lan gradually conceived the evil intention of killing Wei as a means of 'ascending to heaven for consummation'," Xinhua reported. "Catching Wei Shaoming unawares, he savagely hit the back of Wei's head. Wei fell to the ground and died the following day. Lan fled from the spot after committing the crime and gave himself up at the public security organ the following afternoon."