Retrial for controversial 1996 murder case begins  

內蒙古高院：呼格吉勒圖案再審將采取書面形式審理

據內蒙古自治區高級人民法院官方微博消息，11月20日上午10時，內蒙古自治區高級人民法院召開新聞發布會，通報呼格吉勒圖案復查進展情況。內蒙古高院新聞發言人李生晨介紹，因為本案原審被告人呼格吉勒圖已經死亡，經過研究決定，此案不開庭審理，將采取書面形式審理本案。[查看全文]

The higher court in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Thursday officially began the retrial of a controversial 1996 rape and murder case.

The presiding judge with Inner Mongolia Higher People's Court, Bobatu, issued a retrial in absentia notice to the parents of Huugjilt, who had been found guilty of raping and murdering a woman in a public toilet in Hohhot on April 9, 1996.

Huugjilt, who was 18 at the time, was sentenced to death and executed in June 1996.

However, since his execution, another alleged serial rapist and killer, Zhao Zhihong, confessed to the murder after he was arrested in 2005.

President of the higher court, Hu Yifeng, earlier this month said any errors in the previous ruling, should there have been any, must be addressed.

The higher court will hold a press conference on Thursday regarding the case.