File Under: "Clusterfck"!
Chinese officials charged six men — including five hitmen — with "intentional homicide" last Thursday, after all individuals attempted to subcontract the killing to another hitman.
All five hitmen were sentenced to between two to four years in prison in a court in the Guangxi region, while the developer who requested the hit, was sentenced to five years.
The intricate, would-be job was first contracted by real estate developer Tan Youhui in October 2013, who, according to CNN, wanted to kill a rival developer who sued his company over a dispute over a development.
Tan paid Xi Guangan around $282,800 for the job. Xi then took the money, and used half to hire another hitman, Mo Tianxiang, to do the job, a release from Nanning Intermediate People’s Court said.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/10/25/chinese-developer-five-hitmen-sentenced-after-failed-murder-outsource/4094899002/
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