Eight Immortals Hotel~

Background The Eight Immortals Hotel is located in Areia Preta in the north of Macau. It opened in about the 1960s and is run by the Zheng Lam family. Zheng Lam was originally a barbecue hawker, but he got the support of a chicken and duck stall owner in the market and lent him money to open a restaurant. In 1973, he married his wife Shum Huiyi, and they had four daughters and one son. The family lived in Areia Preta 4 street. According to the neighbors, Zheng Lin is an honest man and is popular with the neighbors, but his wife loves playing sparrows, often goes to casinos, takes money very seriously, and is not very popular. The suspect in the case, Huang Zhiheng, whose real name is Chen Ziliang, was about 50 years old at the time of the incident and lived with a son in his 20s. He was from Shulou Village, Nanhai, Guangdong, and his nickname was Ah Qi. His family was quite wealthy, and he later came to Hong Kong with his family. He settled down and was soon imprisoned in Hong Kong for 5 years due to a crime. After serving his sentence, he married a lady named Huang and had 2 sons and 1 daughter. After the massacre at the Eight Immortals Hotel, the police discovered that he had been involved in another murder case. On November 15, 1973, he went to King's Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong, China to borrow NT$10,000 from a man named Li He but was refused. So he tied up and chopped Li He, his wife and his sister, and put them in the bathtub. Li He drowned and tried to set a fire with an LPG stove. Fortunately, Li He, his sister and his wife escaped in time. His name at that time was Chen Ziliang. He fled to the countryside of Pingnan, Pingzhou District, Nanhai County, Guangdong, and lived in the home of his former servant Li. He fell in love with the Li family's daughter, and the two smuggled to Macau. In order to evade police pursuit, he cut off a section of his left index finger and burned it to destroy his fingerprints. In 1986, after the Eight Immortals Hotel case was revealed, Li and his family recognized him as Chen Ziliang. Facts of the case: Body parts found. At noon on August 8, 1985, eight body parts surfaced at the beach in Hesa, Coloane. The swimmers immediately notified the marine police. After counting by the police, there were four right soles, two left soles and two palms. At that time, the stump was severely rotted and had been immersed in sea water for more than two days. Since there were four right soles, it was concluded that the number of victims was at least four. Macau police officers suspected that the stowaway had encountered a shark, but the incision on the limb was very complete, and the fingers on the broken palm were crushed, as if someone had deliberately destroyed the fingerprints. Two days later, a wild dog bit the palm of a woman's left hand in Grannyang Beach. Three days later, the police found a woman's right paw, and a swimmer also found a right heel. Faced with 11 mutilated limbs, the judicial police quickly set up a task force. During the investigation, the judicial police invited mainland forensic officers to come to Macao to assist in analyzing the severed limbs and leaving records, but there was no progress in the murder investigation. The missing person letter was revealed. In April 1986, eight months after the body was found, the Macau Judicial Police and Guangzhou Interpol received letters from the Zheng Lin brothers, the owners of the Eight Immortals Hotel, which became an opportunity to solve the case. The letter stated: "Brother Yu, Zheng Lin, has been in Macau for many years and established a career through hard work. However, he suddenly disappeared in early August last year, and his Eight Immortals Hotel and properties in Macau were taken over by another man named Huang. The recent blackout in Coloane, Macau Human body parts were found in the sea in Shah Po Yang. I am afraid that my brother and his family were killed. I hope the police will try their best to help find the whereabouts of Brother Yu." Zheng Lin's brother pointed out that his brother brought two policemen back to his hometown of Zhongshan in July 1985. No news at all. At that time, they suspected that their brother's wife, Cen Huiyi, was having an affair with Huang Zhiheng, so the two conspired to kill Zheng Lin. They also speculated that the murderer and Cen had turned against each other afterwards, so they killed her and her family. The ten missing persons mentioned in the letter include: Zheng Lin (more than 50 years old), the owner of the Eight Immortals Hotel, and his wife Cen Huiyi (42 years old); daughters Zheng Baoqiong (18 years old), Zheng Baohong (12 years old), Zheng Baowen (10 years old), Zheng Baohua (9 years old) and son Zheng Guande (7 years old) The female proprietor’s mother Chen Lilong (70 years old) The female proprietor’s ninth aunt Chen Zhen (also known as Chen Lizhen, 60 years old) Eight Immortals Restaurant chef Zheng Boliang (61 years old) Although this series of cases It could not be confirmed, but this letter caused the police to launch an investigation into Huang Zhiheng. Investigation After receiving the letter, the Divisional Police re-examined the stumps seized last year and found that a female fingerprint was similar to that of Chen Lizhen, the missing person from the Eight Immortals Hotel. The Divisional Police then monitored Huang Zhiheng and interviewed about 20 people who were missing. At that time, a chicken and duck merchant at the Baxian Hotel said that on the afternoon of August 4, 1985, he received a call from Zheng Lin to place an order. When the clerk delivered the goods, everything in the store was as usual; I discovered that the Eight Immortals Hotel suddenly posted a notice saying "Closed for three days." The chicken and duck merchant once visited Zheng Lin's residence. At that time, a strange man answered the door and said that Zheng Lin had gone to Zhuhai with his family. Also on August 5, another missing person, the female proprietor Jiuyi Chen Lizhen, also disappeared mysteriously. Her neighbor pointed out that in the early morning of that day, a man about 30 years old came to see Chen Zhen, saying that Zheng Lin's youngest son had a fever and asked her for help. The two left in a taxi, and Chen Lizhen never returned.

These two confessions convinced the police that the Zheng Lin family disappeared from August 4 to 5, 1985; because Huang Zhiheng was 50 years old, the police suspected that a young man was involved in the murder. Apprehending the Suspect On the afternoon of September 28 of the same year, Huang Zhiheng hurriedly left the Eight Immortals Hotel and wanted to enter mainland China. The police immediately stopped him after discovering it and led the investigation. The police discovered that after the disappearance of Zheng Lam's family, Huang Zhiheng not only took over the Eight Immortals Hotel and replaced it with new employees, but also rented out Zheng Lam's property on 4th Street in Areia Preta. Huang Zhiheng lived with a son in his 20s. In another unit, the car driven by his son at the time was also owned by Zheng Lin. During cross-examination, Huang Zhiheng said that he only wanted to send his contracted daughter back to the mainland, and denied absconding. He also pointed out that he bought Zheng Lin's property with real money and earned the money from smuggling. That night, he said his asthma relapsed and he was so emotional that he threatened to bite his tongue and commit suicide. The next day, the Divisional Police officially issued photos of the 10 missing persons in the Baxian Hotel and asked residents to provide relevant information. Afterwards, Huang Zhiheng changed his confession, claiming that Zheng Lin owed him 600,000 yuan in gambling debts, and handed over all his property to himself. Zheng Lin's family then immigrated, but the police did not find any departure record of Zheng Lin's family. At this time, the police found in Huang Zhiheng's wallet the key to Zheng Lin's safe at the Hongmarket Branch of Nantong Bank, the return permit, and copies of the birth certificates and student ID cards of his four children. On October 2, 1986, Huang Zhiheng was formally charged and transferred to the Criminal Prosecution Court for investigation. It was ruled that the evidence was established and he was remanded to the Macau City Prison pending trial. Suicide and suicide note After Huang Zhiheng was arrested, he refused to confess the case and committed suicide twice. On the afternoon of October 4, 1986, he used a metal trash can in the city jail to cut his left wrist straight and then saw it crosswise. He was discovered by prisoners and survived after five hours of rescue. In early December of the same year, he met with his female companion Li Shi many times in prison. During the last meeting, both parties burst into tears. His eldest son A Yuan, who was in his twenties, also visited his father during the same period, and the two looked solemn. In the early morning of December 5, Huang Zhiheng sharpened the ring on the soda lid and cut his pulse again at the wound where he committed suicide before. At 8 o'clock that morning, the prison guards distributed breakfast and found that he was no longer breathing, and his wrist was covered with a quilt stained with blood. cover. At that time, he was living in the No. 5 warehouse downstairs in Building A of the city prison building. There were 28 people detained in the warehouse. Some inmates later pointed out that they saw Huang Zhiheng sitting on the bed that night, using the light coming from the outside to do glue flower crafts, thinking that He was just passing the time. The police later found a suicide note, asthma medicine and several pornographic magazines next to Huang Zhiheng. Before his death, Huang Zhiheng sent a confession letter to the newspaper. This was Huang Zhiheng's only document explaining the facts of the case, and the writing was rather awkward. The letter said: Please defend this unjust case for me. Please think that a dying person can still lie. There is a reason why I admit everything in front of the judge. At two o'clock on September 28, the Judicial Department said they wanted to know something. I sat there for more than ten hours. During this time, I guess they were observing my state of mind, because I had never done anything to anyone in Macau. I didn’t have a place to live, so I felt I was in a good mood. When they asked about the Eight Immortals Hotel, I told them the truth, that is, how I met Zheng Lin and how I took over the business. I asked them for two nights and three days. God, four people asked these questions at the same time, and finally at 0:00 on October 1, they said they wanted to accuse me of murdering Zheng Lin's family. I was extremely tired at that time. After the incident in Hong Kong, China, I decided to die to thank the world. Originally, I thought that Chen Ziliang was dead, and when the children faced their father, they had already passed away, so I cut off the mold of my finger. At that time, At the beginning, I changed my mind. Not only would I not do bad things, but I would not even think about breaking the law. Everything has a motive. And I have been doing this for more than ten years. My child has just graduated and entered the social work. I should enjoy my old age in peace. . As early as 1984, when Zheng Lin owed me 188,000 yuan, I had already intended to acquire the Eight Immortals Hotel. This was proven by someone. All in all, I can never be found guilty of this case, so what if I admit it? Besides, Mr. Editor, when you see this letter, I am no longer alive. Now it is my wife and seven-year-old child who are desolate. Public opinion is very unfair to her. Could it be that I have changed my ways, started a new life, and want to live a happy old age? Why was it shattered by what happened more than ten years ago? My wife is the most innocent. I used to be a bad person, and I should bear all the consequences. But my wife is a country woman, knows nothing, and is definitely a good person. How can society not extend a sympathetic hand to her and help her? I solemnly declare that my self-liberation is not a fear of sin, but multi-faceted. I suffer from asthma, and I don’t want to endure it anymore. This time I will finally achieve it. When a person is about to die, his words are also good.

There is a superstitious custom of "sending ghosts" in the Macau City Prison today, which originated from this case. The prison guards believed that people who died in prison would be frightened by the murderous atmosphere of the prison, and the ghosts would be trapped for a long time and could not rest in peace. The prison guards went through the formalities for Huang Zhiheng to be released from prison. One person held a black umbrella and the other held a burning incense to "send" Huang Zhiheng out. prison. [1] The whereabouts of the bodies After Huang Zhiheng committed suicide, the police have not found the remaining body parts of the 10 missing persons, nor have they confirmed that they were killed. Among the 11 human body parts seized in the only batch of ***, only one has a fingerprint similar to that of the missing old woman Chen Lizhen. However, the outside world has always believed that this batch of body parts belongs to Zheng Lin's family of ten. What happened to the other body parts? The treatment has caused speculation for many years. The currently popular version is mainly based on speculation from the media at the time. Some Macau media have alleged that Huang Zhiheng disclosed the incident to other prisoners in prison. Before the incident, Huang Zhiheng had bet on sand crabs with Chen Lizhen at the Eight Immortals Hotel. Chen lost 180,000 yuan. Huang Zhiheng repeatedly asked Zheng Lin to repay the money. On the night of the incident, Huang Zhiheng continued to collect debts, picked up a wine bottle, hijacked Zheng Lin's youngest son, and ordered Zheng Lin's family and employees to tie themselves up and stuff their mouths with cloth. At this time, Zheng's wife took action and picked up her youngest son to rush out of the door. However, she was killed by Huang Zhiheng. In the end, Zheng Lin's youngest son shouted before dying: "Aunt Ninth (Chen Lizhen) will call the police and pull you!" Huang Zhiheng then went to Aunt Ninth. Her husband's family pretended that Zheng Lin's youngest son had a fever, lured her to the Eight Immortals Hotel, and then killed her. The newspaper also said that he then wrapped the body parts in black garbage bags and disposed of them in batches; some of them were used to make soup and sold at the Eight Immortals Restaurant. This is a speculation that is difficult to confirm, but the currently known evidence is: At the time of the incident, a man of about 30 years old came to Chen Lizhen's house, and this man was not Huang Zhiheng. From the test results of the residual limbs, we learned that the deceased was not poisoned to death. It was midsummer when the crime occurred. If the body was not disposed of in time, it would emit a foul odor. However, no one complained about the odor problem at the time. [

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Eight Immortals Classic hotel mystery------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Suspect Huang Zhiheng is suspected of brutally massacring the owner of the Eight Immortals Hotel in Areia Preta, Zheng Lam. A vicious criminal case in which a family murdered 10 people. At 12 noon on August 8, 1985, a number of swimmers found several human body parts at Apo Yeung Beach in Hesa, Coloane, and immediately informed the Marine Police. The police later conducted salvage operations at the scene and found 8 severed human limbs. In just a few days, 11 severed human limbs were found at the same location. The cuts were neat and they seemed to have been chopped off with a sharp weapon. During the investigation, the judicial police invited mainland forensic officers to come to Macao to assist in testing the severed limbs and leave records. By April 1986, the Macau Judicial Police Department had received letters from the Zheng Lam brothers, the proprietors of the Eight Immortals Hotel, stating that their brothers' family had suddenly and mysteriously disappeared in August last year. The man occupied it and suspected Huang of seeking wealth and murder. After receiving the letter, the police re-examined the severed limbs found at Heisha Apo Yangtan last year and found that the fingerprints on one of the female palms were similar to the fingerprints of an older woman who was missing from the Eight Immortals Hotel. The police immediately placed a close surveillance on the new owner of the Eight Immortals Hotel, Huang Zhiheng (50 years old). On the afternoon of September 28 of the same year, Huang Zhiheng suddenly left the Eight Immortals Hotel in a hurry and wanted to enter mainland China. After discovering it, the police stopped him and led the investigation. The next day, the Divisional Police officially issued photos of the 10 missing persons in the Baxian Hotel and asked residents to provide relevant information. The 10 missing persons include the former owner of the Eight Immortals Hotel Zheng Lin (more than 50 years old) and his wife Cen Huiyi (42 years old), and their daughters Zheng Baoqiong (18 years old), Zheng Baohong (12 years old), Zheng Baowen (10 years old), Zheng Baohua (9 years old) ), son Zheng Guande (7 years old), the mother of the female proprietor Cen Huiyi, Chen Lilong (70 years old), Chen Zhen (also known as Chen Lizhen, 60 years old), and Zheng Bailiang (61 years old), a chef who was once employed at the Eight Immortals Restaurant. On October 2, Huang Zhiheng was suspected of killing Chen Lizhen, a female relative of Zheng Lin, the owner of the Eight Immortals Hotel. He was prosecuted by the police and transferred to the Criminal Prosecution Court for investigation. The evidence was established and he was remanded to the city jail pending trial. Before and after the police arrested Huang Zhiheng, they found the safe key of the Red Market Branch of Nantong Bank belonging to Zheng Lin, the owner of the Eight Immortals Hotel, as well as Zheng Lin's return permit and copies of the birth certificates and student ID cards of his four children. Huang Zhiheng could not explain why he had these documents. He only said that he paid 600,000 yuan for Zheng Lin's properties, including the Eight Immortals Hotel.

After Huang Zhiheng was arrested, it was revealed that he was involved in a murder and arson case in King's Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong, China in November 1973: the suspect Chen Tsz-leung failed to borrow money from the victim, tied him up and drowned him in a bathtub, and also killed the victim's wife. , the aunt was beheaded and then set on fire using a petroleum gas stove. Chen Ziliang later fled back to the countryside to hide. He cut off a small section of his left index finger with a sharp knife and destroyed the fingerprints on his thumb and index finger with fire. He then smuggled himself into Macao under the pseudonym Huang Zhiheng and was issued an identity card. The Hong Kong police came to Australia to investigate and confirmed that Huang Zhiheng was Chen Ziliang. On December 4, 1986, Huang Zhiheng cut his pulse and died in prison. Until Huang Zhiheng was taken to the city jail awaiting trial and committed suicide, the police never found the bodies of the 10 missing persons, and it was not determined whether they were murdered. Among the 11 human limbs seized, except for one female palm whose fingerprints were verified to belong to the missing old woman Chen Lizhen, the other limbs could not be identified. After the only suspect in the case, Huang Zhiheng, committed suicide, the case became even more mysterious.

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The Eight Immortals Hotel is located at the entrance of Areia Preta, Macau, at the intersection of Admiral Road and Border Gate Road (that is, the other side of Gongbei Border Gate). , opposite the Triangle Garden. At that time, there were widespread rumors that someone in mainland China was catching people alive and taking their organs for sale. It turned out that the mutilated corpses floating everywhere at that time were the body parts of a family in the Eight Immortals Hotel. The clerk who took them in for help murdered the whole family, invaded the shop and house, and dismembered the corpses. Some of them were thrown away as garbage. Later, they were floating everywhere and some of them were mutilated. Dim sum including barbecued pork buns are sold. Fortunately, I happened to be young at the time, and I liked to have breakfast at Sai Wan Castle Restaurant facing the sea every day. Otherwise... the whole thing was really terrifying. There were many people living in Areia Preta when the incident happened. We had tea and dinner in this hotel, and no one wanted to mention it again. Now the place has been demolished and a new building has been built. However, when I passed by it when I returned to Australia earlier, I still felt that the place was windy! 2007-03-26 13:23:25 Supplement: Some people raised doubts: It was midsummer when the crime occurred, and if the body was not disposed of in time, it would emit a foul odor. However, no one complained about the odor issue at that time. ---People who lived there at the time, or who understood the location and environment of the store and the garbage collection operations at that time, would never have raised this issue. It can be inferred that the people who asked the above questions were only inferring from the information reported in newspapers and had no idea about the local living conditions at that time.

Reference: Personal experience