A Chinese couple, Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen, were executed for the 2020 murders of Zhang’s two young children, a two-year-old girl and a one-year-old boy. The case outraged the nation due to the deliberate and brutal nature of the crime. Zhang and Ye, who were having an affair, saw the children as obstacles to their relationship and conspired to kill them, planning to stage the murders as an accident. On November 2, 2020, Zhang threw the children out of his 15th-floor apartment window, resulting in their deaths. Both were found guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced to death. The Supreme Court condemned their actions as “extremely malicious” and “cruel.” Following appeals, their executions were carried out in Chongqing. The news trended on Chinese social media, with many expressing approval of the punishment and sympathy for the victims’ families. The children’s mother, Chen Meilin, expressed relief, stating the execution ended a three-year nightmare for her family.
https://guardian.ng/life/couple-executed-for-throwing-children-from-high-rise-window
