{"id":185133,"date":"2025-12-15T17:36:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T17:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/185133\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T17:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T17:36:07","slug":"parole-declined-for-nai-yin-xue-who-murdered-wife-left-3yo-daughter-at-train-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/185133\/","title":{"rendered":"Parole declined for Nai Yin Xue who murdered wife, left 3yo daughter at train station"},"content":{"rendered":"

He was caught in Atlanta in the US state of Georgia by a group of residents who recognised his face, chased and caught him and tied him up until police arrived.<\/p>\n

Xue was found guilty in the High Court at Auckland in June 2009 and was sentenced the following month<\/a> to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 12 years.<\/p>\n

\"NaiNai Yin Xue and An An Liu with Qian Xun Xie. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n

However, it wasn\u2019t until 2020 at one of his appearances before the New Zealand Parole Board<\/a> that he expressed remorse for his crimes. <\/p>\n

On Monday, Xue made his seventh bid for early release from prison and told the board he had done a lot of \u201csoul searching\u201d since his last appearance in February<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have strong determination that this is something I will never commit in my life again,\u201d Xue told the board through an interpreter, referring to his crime. <\/p>\n

\u201cI will become a very law-abiding person.\u201d<\/p>\n

Xue said that after 16 years behind bars, he had become a very different person and had learned to rein in his \u201cbad temper\u201d and keep calm. <\/p>\n

\u201cThrough serving a term in prison, I have made a lot of huge changes, and I can properly control myself whenever anything happens,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\"NaiNai Yin Xue protests his innocence after being found guilty of murder. Photo \/ Herald on Sunday<\/p>\n

\u201cAny time I become angry, I will approach professionals to receive counselling and help from them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Xue said that previously he had not been very tolerant of other people\u2019s opinions, but had in recent years been able to deal with situations peacefully and calmly. <\/p>\n

Xue was asked what his plans for the future were if released from prison. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe most important thing and what I\u2019m attracted to the most is the oil painting, and something I\u2019d like to do,\u201d Xue said. <\/p>\n

Xue said he\u2019d been drawing frequently in prison, had been taking classes, and borrowed several art books from the library and on the whole, it \u201chelped me be very peaceful\u201d.<\/p>\n

For the last three weeks, Xue has been working outside the wire as a painter; he\u2019s also been making progress with his English literacy. He told the board that no other inmates spoke Mandarin, which meant he was in a \u201ccut-off\u201d environment.<\/p>\n

Xue is currently in talks with several providers of supported accommodation for former inmates outside the wire, but he did not yet have an approved address for release. <\/p>\n

The board declined Xue\u2019s early release, and he will be seen in September next year. <\/p>\n

Jeremy Wilkinson is an Open Justice reporter based in Manawat\u016b, covering courts and justice issues with an interest in tribunals. He has been a journalist for nearly a decade and has worked for NZME since 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He was caught in Atlanta in the US state of Georgia by a group of residents who recognised…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[33089,1975,14032,62240,2082,101,43768,116881,111,43,139,69,47839,13655,11685,1299,1842,116883,116882],"class_list":["post-185133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-3yo","tag-at","tag-daughter","tag-declined","tag-for","tag-left","tag-murdered","tag-nai","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-parole","tag-station","tag-train","tag-who","tag-wife","tag-xue","tag-yin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}