BEIJING: China’s top court on Friday cleared a man executed 21 years ago for murder – more than a decade after another man confessed to the killing – in the latest miscarriage of justice in the Communist-ruled country. But the time, method and motive for the murder could not be confirmed, and key documents related to witnesses and the defendant’s testimony were missing, the supreme court said. “Thanks to all those who helped on Nie Shubin’s case!” his mother, Zhang Huanzhi, 72, said on social media. The Hebei high court, which convicted and executed Nie, “expressed deep, deep regrets” to his relatives and would investigate “possible illegal problems related to the trial” soon, according to state broadcaster CCTV. He had applied to see documents related to the case 54 times to no avail, he told AFP.

Source: New Strait Times December 02, 2016 08:32 UTC