China executes varsity dropout for killing rapists

BEIJING – China has executed a 25-year-old university dropout for killing six men, four of whom had raped him after getting him drunk, the Beijing Youth Daily said on Sunday.

Li Yijiang cut off the penises of his victims, aged between 20 and 30, after killing them, the newspaper reported without saying how he murdered them. He was put to death in Beijing on Friday for the murders, which took place in 2002 and 2003, the newspaper said.Li was admitted to a university in Beijing in 1999 after passing the entrance exam with flying colours but became addicted to a pornographic Web site and eventually dropped out of school.Four of his victims, whom he had met through the ‘Violet Boy’ Web site, got him drunk and raped him, the daily said.It added that Li later lured them out one by one and got his revenge.The report did not say why Li had killed the other two men.According to the Youth Daily, Li came from a violent home, where his father often beat up his mentally ill mother.China recently launched a crackdown on pornographic Web sites.In other executions on Friday, three con men were put to death for defrauding a bank of 100 million yuan ($12 million) after forging the official seal of state-owned steelmaker Shougang and bribing a bank employee, the Youth Daily reported.Critics say China executes more people annually than the rest of the world combined.- Nampa-ReutersHe was put to death in Beijing on Friday for the murders, which took place in 2002 and 2003, the newspaper said.Li was admitted to a university in Beijing in 1999 after passing the entrance exam with flying colours but became addicted to a pornographic Web site and eventually dropped out of school.Four of his victims, whom he had met through the ‘Violet Boy’ Web site, got him drunk and raped him, the daily said.It added that Li later lured them out one by one and got his revenge.The report did not say why Li had killed the other two men.According to the Youth Daily, Li came from a violent home, where his father often beat up his mentally ill mother.China recently launched a crackdown on pornographic Web sites.In other executions on Friday, three con men were put to death for defrauding a bank of 100 million yuan ($12 million) after forging the official seal of state-owned steelmaker Shougang and bribing a bank employee, the Youth Daily reported.Critics say China executes more people annually than the rest of the world combined.- Nampa-Reuters