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\nSeven months after the discovery of a body in a bag found in Gulf Harbour, Police revealed the identity of the victim. She was Shulai Wang, 70, of China.
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* This article’s headline has been updated to remove the reference to murder. The four are accused of kidnapping and manslaughter and have never been accused of murder.<\/p>\n
Four people charged with the kidnapping and manslaughter of a Chinese woman, whose body was found wrapped in plastic bags in the water at Auckland’s Gulf Harbour, can now be named.<\/p>\n
Kaixiao Liu, Lanyue Xiao, Xiuyun Li and Jingui Liu, are facing a five-week trial starting late next month, over the death of 70-year-old Shulai Wang – whose body was first discovered by a fisherman in March 2024.<\/p>\n
Wang was identified and named seven months after her body was discovered<\/a>.<\/p>\n The defendants’ bid for interim name suppression was declined in the High Court in April last year.<\/p>\n They appealed that decision and their arguments were heard at a Court of Appeal hearing last month.<\/p>\n The defendants represented themselves in court.<\/p>\n The Court of Appeal has released its decision to dismiss the appeal.<\/p>\n Justices Susan Thomas, Cameron Mander and Andrew Becroft, have suppressed the reasons for their decision.<\/p>\n The defendants’ application to have their charges indefinitely put on hold<\/a> was also dismissed in a High Court decision issued last month.<\/p>\n