Judicial authorities in northern China are caught in a debate over the right of self-defence as they deliberate trying a couple arrested for killing their daughter’s would-be suitor after he broke into their home.
In July, Wang Lei – who had been spurned by Wang Xiaofei – broke into her family home in Laiyuan, Hebei province, with a knife and a steel rod, started a fight with the 22-year-old and her parents and lost his life, mainland media reported.
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