Five Men on Trial for Allegedly Killing Co-worker for Profit at Construction Site

The trial began Monday in the Beijing Third Intermediate Court of five suspects accused of killing a construction co-worker and subsequently trying to get compensation from the victim's employer. Photo: Visual China

(Beijing) — Five men on trial in Beijing are accused of killing a co-worker at a construction site in a scheme to extort compensation from the victim's employer.

The men, whom the court identified only by their surnames, were charged with intentional homicide of a 32-year-old man named Chen Yuanping in 2014. The trial, which began Monday in the capital's Third Intermediate Court, was set to continue Tuesday.