Poisoning Case · Full chronicle and history

According to a report by RFI, a Chinese graduate student is suspected of poisoning a colleague, and local prosecutors said the suspect attempted to flee back to China after the incident. Details of the case and the progress of the trial have drawn attention.

CCTV cited data from the Ministry of Public Security stating that the number of criminal cases nationwide decreased by 16.1% year-on-year from January to May. However, the phenomenon of multiple regions investing financially in expanding detention centers and prisons has led to external doubts about the real public security situation.

In 2025, Hong Kong recorded a total of 89,137 criminal cases, 50% more than the 59,225 cases in 2019. Among them, 43,212 were fraud cases, accounting for half, with victims defrauded of HK$8.1 billion. Fraud cases have multiplied fivefold from fewer than 10,000 in 2019.

Data shows that in 2024, the annual number of criminal cases filed by Chinese police (Public Security) exceeded 10 million, a sharp increase compared to 2000, with the majority of short-sentence cases involving various "pocket crimes."

California engineer David Xu slipped a liquid containing high concentrations of cadmium into a female coworker's water bottle between 2017 and 2019, causing her to suffer repeated serious health problems. Xu was originally charged with attempted murder and two counts of poisoning, but after a plea bargain he was convicted of only one count of poisoning and in 2024 was sentenced to two years of probation.