Nanchang, China – A female serial killer, Lao Rongzhi, was executed by death penalty in Nanchang, East China’s Jiangxi Province for the murder of seven people in different cities. Her crimes included robbery, extortion, and brutal homicides between 1996 and 1999. Lao was on the run for 20 years, but was finally arrested in the Fujian province in 2019 and charged with intentional homicide, robbery, and kidnapping in August 2020.

The state-run communist party’s mouthpiece Global Times reported that Lao’s appeal was rejected by the High People’s Court, upholding the death sentence she received last year from the Intermediate People’s Court of Nanchang, Jiangxi. The court found that Lao and her ex-boyfriend intentionally and illegally took the lives of others, used violence or threats to gain illegal possession of others’ property, and kidnapped others to extort money or property.

During the trial, Lao claimed that she was a victim of her boyfriend’s torture and apologized to the families of her victims. She was executed despite her arguments and her political rights were stripped and properties confiscated as a result of the verdict.

A report by Amnesty International earlier this year revealed that China, along with Iran and Saudi Arabia, accounted for the vast majority of known judicial executions last year. The Chinese government maintains a zero-tolerance approach towards any kind of political dissent, and thousands of executions were carried out in 2022.

In conclusion, Lao Rongzhi, a notorious female serial killer responsible for seven murders, was executed in Nanchang, China after her appeals were rejected by the High People’s Court. The case sheds light on China’s strict approach to crime and its high number of known judicial executions, as revealed by Amnesty International’s report.