According to the American Chinese Network, the widely concerned case of Google China engineer Chen who is suspected of beating his wife to death has made new progress a few days ago. On Tuesday (6th) local time, the suspect Chen was taken to the detention center and is expected to appear in court on Friday (9th).
Liren Chen, a software engineer at Google, was charged with beating his wife to death at his home in Santa Clara County, California, on January 16 local time**. Since then, Chen has been hospitalized** and has not appeared during five interrogations. (Previously reported: "Very unusual", the suspect in the murder of his wife by a Google engineer did not appear in court for the fifth time).
After Chen's fifth arraignment in absentia, his defense lawyer Schroeder said that he did not know the reason for Chen's absence and needed to apply for information from medical personnel.
On the 6th, Santa Clara County authorities recorded that Chen was discharged from the hospital on the same day and sent to a detention center, and is expected to appear in court on Friday (9th). At present, the reason for Chen's hospitalization has not been announced.
It was previously reported that Chen was prosecuted on suspicion of intentionally killing his wife Xuanyi Yu, and once convicted, Chen may be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
*: China Overseas Chinese Network WeChat *** ID: qiaowangzhongguo) comprehensive American Chinese Network, the United States "World **" China Overseas Chinese Network previously reported, etc.
Editor: Menrui.
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