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a hunan businessman was killed in uganda. witnesses said they were forced to bury the body.

2024-09-02

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recently, mr. yang from shaoyang, hunan, told red star news reporters that his younger brother yang mouli went to uganda to make a living in 2019 and started a fake hair business in uganda in august 2022. on july 7 this year, yang mouli was killed and dismembered by others in kampala, uganda, and the whereabouts of his body has been unknown since then.

mr. yang said that the suspect wang was from puyang, henan, and the eyewitness dai was yang's business partner. after the incident, dai returned to china and told his family that he did not participate in the murder, but was forced by the murderer to bury the body. dai has now returned to uganda and surrendered to the police. the ugandan police have filed a case, and the uganda overseas chinese police center is also assisting in handling the case.

mr. yang said that the police in puyang, henan and shaoyang, hunan have received relevant letters from the chinese embassy in uganda, and the case has been filed in shaoyang, hunan.

on september 2, the reporter contacted the staff in charge of consular protection and assistance at the chinese embassy in uganda, who said that the details of the case were still confidential and could not be disclosed to the media. the police in puyang, henan province said that wang had been arrested in shenzhen when he returned to china recently, and relevant parties were further handling the case.

mr. yang said that his brother yang mouli originally planned to return to china in july this year and had bought a plane ticket, but was killed by wang moumou on july 7. according to mr. yang, his brother's partner dai mou talked about the following details when he returned to china: wang moumou was from puyang county, henan province, worked in a bank in uganda, and later worked in visa services. on july 7, wang moumou went to dai mou to play and had an argument with yang mouli, "probably because of an economic dispute between the two parties." yang mouli chopped wang moumou, and wang moumou dragged yang mouli into the room and locked the door. when dai mou entered the room, he found that yang mouli had been killed. under the coercion of wang moumou, dai mou participated in burying the body, and four other local people participated in burying the body. afterwards, wang moumou threatened dai mou not to call the police until the local clerk in yang mouli's store found that yang mouli was missing and reported the case. after returning to china, dai mou returned to uganda on july 14 to surrender.

mr. yang said that dai was the only person present at the scene and his confession was very important to the case.

▲《wanted assistance notice》

on july 18, the uganda chinese association federation issued a "wanted assistance notice" stating that on july 7, 2024, a major murder and dismemberment case occurred in kampala, uganda, and yang mouli, an overseas chinese businessman in uganda, was killed. after investigation, wang moumou is a major suspect. overseas chinese and local residents are requested to actively provide clues. the "notice" is accompanied by wang moumou's photo and basic information.

according to the contact information on the "notice", the reporter contacted the uganda overseas chinese police center on september 2 as a family member. the staff of the center said that the overseas chinese police is a semi-official organization organized by the chinese to assist the local police in handling cases. at present, there has been progress in the case, but it is still confidential and the family will be informed soon.

▲shaoyang police received a report receipt

mr. yang told reporters that with the assistance of the chinese embassy in uganda, his sister-in-law zhong reported the case to the daxiang branch of the shaoyang public security bureau, which has been accepted. on september 2, the reporter contacted the police officer in charge of the case at the daxiang branch of the shaoyang public security bureau, but he refused to be interviewed by the reporter. the police in puyang, henan province told reporters that wang had been arrested when he returned to china recently, and relevant parties are further handling the case.

whether the details of the case are exactly as mr. yang described remains to be investigated.

red star news chief reporter wu yang