Retrial for controversial 1996 murder case begins  

内蒙古高院：呼格吉勒图案再审将采取书面形式审理

据内蒙古自治区高级人民法院官方微博消息，11月20日上午10时，内蒙古自治区高级人民法院召开新闻发布会，通报呼格吉勒图案复查进展情况。内蒙古高院新闻发言人李生晨介绍，因为本案原审被告人呼格吉勒图已经死亡，经过研究决定，此案不开庭审理，将采取书面形式审理本案。[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.