Cult leader and wife guilty over death of woman whose body was pulled from harbour
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The leader of a religious cult and his wife have been found guilty of all charges in relation to the death of a woman who had travelled to New Zealand to seek religious teaching.
It has been 840 days since the body of Shulai Wang, 70, was reeled in by an unsuspecting fisherman at Gulf Harbour in Auckland.
Her identity remained unknown for months, until the empty bags of rice taped to her body led police to those accused of her death.
Wang was one of six Chinese women who arrived in New Zealand seeking religious salvation and tutelage. She ended up dead, bound by tape, weighed down by rice bags filled with stones and concealed in bin bags. The other five women were deported back to China.
On Monday, after deliberating over three days, the jury returned verdicts.
They found Kaixiao Liu, the man who called himself “Lord”, guilty of Wang’s kidnapping, manslaughter, misconduct in relation to human remains, attempting to pervert the course of justice and failing to provide police a PIN number.
His wife, Lanyue Xiao, was also found guilty of kidnapping, manslaughter, misconduct in relation to human remains and attempting to pervert the course of justice.
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