Briefly

Death penalty for poisoning founder

Xu Yao, the former CEO of Three-Body Universe (Shanghai) Cultural Development, was sentenced to death by the Shanghai First Intermediate People's Court on Friday for the murder of the company's founder, Lin Qi. The court's review of evidence revealed that between Dec 14 and 15, 2020, Xu deliberately poisoned Lin by lacing edible items consumed by Lin with toxins, leading to Lin's death on Dec 25. The court also found that between September and December 2020, Xu premeditated poisoning two other colleagues amid workplace disputes by contaminating their office beverages. Two more colleagues were also poisoned from drinking the office beverages.

Cause of forest fire in Sichuan determined