A man accused of murdering a woman in west Auckland last year can now be named.
Manchao Li, pictured during his first court appearance in the Waitākere District Court last July. Photo: NZ Herald
Manchao Li is charged with murdering Zhimin Yang on Westgate Drive in Massey on 29 July 2019.
Zang, who knew the 64-year-old, died after being attacked in the residential street just after 8.30am.
Police arrested Li the same day and charged him with murder and breaching a protection order.
Li appeared before Justice Moore in the High Court at Auckland this morning, assisted by a Mandarin translator.
He was remanded in custody to reappear in March.
Defendant appeared on anti-crime poster
Li was once the face of an anti-crime petition presented to Parliament in June 2005.
The petition - which had close to 5000 signatures - called for stronger criminal law.
It was accepted by the then-MP Kenneth Wang - a former deputy leader of the Act Party.