Chinese Man Gets Reduced Sentenced for Killing

The Court of Appeals also had good news for Chinese Businessman Yong Sheng Zhang who was serving a 14 year sentence for killing his countryman Chi Cheong Chan. Zhang was initially charged for the murder of Chan but pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Today the Court of Appeal reduced his sentence to five years.

Zhang who was not represented by an attorney appealed his case on the grounds that the sentence was excessive based on the fact that he had saved the courts time by pleading guilty. He was sentenced in August of 2009 for the murder which occurred in March of 2008.