Meeting of murdered student's mother and roommate sparks controversy

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A video released by Beijing News, which records a face-to-face meeting between the mother of a Chinese student murdered in Japan and the victim's former roommate, has sparked an uproar online.

Screenshot of the Beijing News' video, which records a face-to-face meeting between the mother Jiang Ge and the victim's former roommate Liu Xin. [Screenshot/Beijing News] 

The meeting took place in August, 294 days after the death of Jiang Ge, a 24-year-old from Qingdao, Shandong province.

Jiang was stabbed to death by her roommate's ex-boyfriend in the corridor of her apartment in Tokyo, in the early hours of November 3, 2016.

Details of the incident have not been revealed by Japanese police.

However, media reports have provided the public a sketch about what had happened.

A review of Jiang Ge's death

Jiang Ge, 24, a former postgraduate at Hosei University, was sharing her apartment with Liu Xin when the murder happened.

Liu Xin, born in 1992, the victim's roommate and close friend, moved in Jiang's home last September, two months after she broke up with her boyfriend Chen Shifeng.

Jiang Ge, 24, a former postgraduate at Hosei University.

Chen Shifeng, Liu's ex-boyfriend, born in 1991, went to Jiang's apartment to look for Liu in the afternoon on November 2, 2016.

Liu was reportedly alone at home at that time, and she sent Jiang a text asking for Jiang to come back and help her.

After receiving messages from Liu, Jiang came back to confront Chen.

Jiang was intended to call the police for help, but was stopped by Liu, according to a Wechat record in Jiang's phone provided by the victim's mother.

The three reportedly had a quarrel and left the apartment afterwards, but Liu has been tailed after by Chen all the way to her workplace.

That same night, Liu sent another message to Jiang after work in the hope of going back home together.

Jiang picked Liu up at a nearby railway station in the evening, the two walked back to their apartment.

Liu said that she went into the apartment first to change her pants, and she heard Jiang screaming outside a few minutes later.

She tried to open the door, but found it was blocked.

She then called the police and remained indoors until the police arrived and spotted Jiang lying on the corridor floor, barely alive.

Jiang was dead at the hospital due to excessive blood loss, the 24-year-old has over ten knife wounds on her body.

The murder has been proven to be Liu's ex-boyfriend, Chen Shifeng. He was arrested on November 7, 2016

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