College girl murdered by Special Ops for being an “International Spy"

[Music]. bada bing badao it was Pitch Black. outside 21-year-old Lily could hear. leaves wrestling the anxiety is starting. to kick in I mean what is she doing here. in the dark at the bottom of this. mountain in the middle of the night the. whole situation is pretty offputting if. a few years ago you had asked Lily where. she saw herself when she's 21 years old. she would have confidently told you oh. yeah I'm going to be a flight attendant. on Singapore Airlines but instead she is. staring into the dark of bit of this.

mountain in front of her waiting for a. beam of light she's very confused the. directions they were somewhat simple I. should say follow the light the light is. going to guide her to where she needs to. go on the mountain she realized she. should have asked a few follow-up. questions what kind of light is it a. flashlight is it a beam of light is it a. ray of light is there a candle it was. unclear but then she saw it the light it. looked like more of a Comm commercial.

flashlight so maybe one that would. require two hands to hold and it was. Illuminating a path for her so it was. shining on one part of the mountain. where she's standing and it was moving. her upwards kind of like a trail so. someone at the top of the mountain is. shining down where she needs to walk up. is that a flashlight like a giant. flashlight like a giant flashlight but. it's not strong enough that it's. Illuminating the whole mountain and she. can start seeing around it's actually. just bright enough for her to follow and. just bright enough for her to see that. in front of her is a step that she can.

take someone's controlling a giant. flashlight and she's following that. flashlight yes okay it's very. interesting and when she gets to the top. awaiting her were two men one was a. police officer the other was a man with. a family with Generations heavily. involved in the Chinese military and. with them they had a shovel night vision. goggles and a pre-dug grave the two men. the police officer officer and the.

family military man they plan to snap. Lily's neck with their bare hands and. bury her on the side of the mountain. they also plan to record the entire. crime and send it to the one that was. closest to her her beloved boyfriend who. is now going to watch his girlfriend get. murdered in Cold. [Music]. Blood.

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there's a video game called pubg it's a. battle royale type game so it starts. with 100 people and you battle it out to. see who's the last one standing I guess. similar to fortnite and it's really. interactive because while you're trying. to kill people you can also hear them. you can also talk to them these. strangers you can even start group. messages on pubg talk to your friends on. there and in China pubg is huge but in. this group of friends pubg was being. used for something else entirely they. were using the messaging feature on pubg.

to plot and coordinate a real life. murder like a messenger yeah cuz they. the video game their text messages and. their we chats were going to be. surveilled so they used pubg that is so. interesting so there's no monitors and. no records it does seem like there are. records but I think that they thought. that they could use code names that made. it seem like they were talking about the. game and shooting people in the game but. they're actually plotting a life murder.

wow yeah now Lily she called her mom. every single night before she went to. bed at this point it had become more of. a habit than anything so between the two. whoever was going to fall asleep first. cuz they live an hour away from each. other the first person to go to bed. would be the one to call and say good. night that night July 9th of 2020 there. was no phone call Lil was not picking up. her mom's call Lily was not calling and. this was this was rare but it's not. inherently the most most alarming thing.

Lily's 21 she's got her own life she has. her own apartment with her boyfriend she. just graduated college she's got a. part-time job it's not going to be. something that Lily's mom is like I need. to immediately call 911 but July 12th. 2020 3 days after the initial Miss call. there is still no word from Lily so. Lily's parents decide we got to go to. her apartment in naning an hour away to. figure out what the hell is going on. Hong is Lily's boyfriend he lives in the.

apartment in nuning with her and he's. also getting involved with the search. for Lily because he's like I have not. seen her in 3 days she hasn't been home. so him and the parents they start. working very closely together to try and. figure out where could Lily possibly be. side note a lot of people who knew Lily. remember the way that Lily and Hong met. it's kind of straight out of a novel so. Lily was on the train I think this just. shows you like the kind of relationship. that they have she was on the subway. when this creepy guy starts getting. closer and closer and closer to.

physically and he just kept saying that. he was visiting from out of the country. he's a foreigner and he's doing it in a. way that's very creepy it's not in the. way that's like Oh I'm a foreigner I. don't really know my way around here. it's very much I'm a foreigner looking. for a Chinese girlfriend type of vibe. just very off-putting she's kind of. pulling away from him she's clearly. visibly uncomfortable it's written on. her face her body language the man is. not getting the message she's trying. every excuse to get away from him but.

he's just getting closer and closer and. the train is not empty so it's not like. she can just remove herself easily she's. just getting squished in between these. people and that's when she hears a man. behind them where have you been I've. been looking for you straight out of a. romance movie she had never seen this. man before but he is saving her giving. her an out of this uncomfortable. situation so she takes it they act like. they know each other they start. chitchatting the foreign man pulls away. walks away once the two get out of the.

subway she thanks this stranger for. helping and you know because this is the. type of meeting that doesn't really. happen maybe it means something both of. them felt like we might regret it if we. don't get each other's contact so they. exchanged we chats and from there they. start officially dating December of 2019. they start moving fast Hong meets Lily's. parents which is a very big deal in. China especially for people that abide. more by like the Traditions so. traditionally it signals to parents say. we're looking to get married this is a.

very formal meeting that's kind of the. setting that Lily had brought Hong into. Lily moved in with Hong again. traditionally a very serious gesture in. China and now July 2020 just 6 months. later Lily is missing initially Lily's. parents were worried but Hong wasn't he. said it's my fault that she's missing. and I I didn't want to bring it up and I. thought that she would cool down and. come back but they had gotten into a.

fight on the night of the eth she walked. out morning of the 9th with all of their. cash like $7,000 in cash that they had. in the nightstand drawer she had taken. it left and initially he thought she's. going to take some time to cool off. maybe she's using this as a way to get. me worried or stressed because she's out. of the house she's not contacting me he. thought for sure that she's at least. talking to her friends and her parents. right it's just him that he's icing out. but the minute that the parents show up. he's he's kind of freaked out he's like.

okay this is getting weird initially I. thought it's fine I even saw her little. red notebook account which is like the. Chinese Pinterest she had harded a few. cafes and restaurants near a different. Province wean Province so I assumed that. she had friends there or someone she was. visiting but now that you're saying as. parents you haven't been in contact with. her now it's weird now it too much time. has passed and this is just not like her. there would be no reason for her to go. radio silent on everyone so together. they keep calling Lily but her phone.

isn't even ringing at this point it's. dead it's turned off they tried to hack. into her Apple iCloud to see if they. could use the find my iPhone feature. none of them knew her password nor could. they guess it correctly Lily had just. vanished just gone after a few more days. of waiting and a filed police report. later everyone agrees it just doesn't. make sense for Lily to run off after a. fight something must have happened to. her so of course the next immediate. theory was it had something to do with. Hong being in the military side note.

this guy is not just in the military he. was in The People's Army of China eighth. core Special Operations team he was part. of the special forces the boyfriend is. Special Force yes so of course the. family is thinking maybe this is a. target attack for Hong I mean maybe it's. not a whole government a foreign entity. being like we need to single out this. one particular special Force's. girlfriend but maybe something had. happened it just seems like this is the. only thing that makes sense Lily is not. the type to have enemies she just.

graduated college she's trying to be a. flight attendant she's by all means a. very normal girl so perhaps instead of. targeting him they went after his. girlfriend instead or perhaps they. thought the girlfriend knew something. about the army that Hong wasn't supposed. to tell her it was a hard Theory to. consider since if it turned out to be. true someone took Lily because Hong with. special ops what are they doing to her. what do they want from her if this were. true Hong would never be able to live. with himself especially because it was. one of the things that attracted Lily to.

Hong in the first place I mean not. really but kind of when they started. dating she didn't really know that he. was even part of the Special Forces she. knew that he was in the military and. that was about it but even that even. just being a soldier provided such a. layer of comfort to some people there's. this unspoken sense of security when. they're in the presence of uniformed. officials it's like being next to a. firefighter typically you might feel. maybe a little bit safer you're like a. at least I know if there's an arson.

attack I'm kind of in good hands but now. the theory is that the very thing that. attracted Lily to Hong could be the. thing that got her potentially kidnapped. this theory was quickly squashed when. police got involved and found CCTV. footage of Lily leaving their apartment. on July 9th on her own free will but. there was something odd about that CCTV. footage and I wonder if you can spot it. the footage is from July 9th 10:42 a.m. Lily is walking out of her apartment. wearing a face mask sunglasses black.

turtleneck Gray coat carrying a smaller. bag and a foldable umbrella this was the. last time that she's seen alive and on. camera what is wrong with this. particular moment what is she wearing. black turtleneck and a gray coat it's. cold outside right I don't know what's. the it's July 9th oh it's hot it's very. hot hot scorching hot weather her. clothing choices just don't make any. sense where she was potentially headed.

yan yan is even further down south it's. even hotter hotter yeah so very odd yeah. where's she going it also indicates to. authorities and to Lily's loved ones. that she left by herself and was not. kidnapped she also did not seem in. distress when she left the apartment at. least she wasn't kidnapped from the. apartment we don't know what happened. once she stepped out so comes the next. theory if Lily went to that province. with her own free will maybe she was. involved in Dr trafficking I know the.

whole basis for this theory is so loose. I am not a fan of this Theory at all the. theory is that this province is very. close to the border of China organized. crime syndicates have been known to. smuggle drugs in and out of China. through this part of the Border. apparently Chinese Dr Rings like to use. Myanmar as their export station and I. guess to some people the fact that she. went to this specific town by herself. hiding her face with sunglasses and a. face mask took her boyfriend $7,000 in. cash and then vanished. they thought it sounded like someone who.

was involved in some sort of shady. underground business and now the family. and the boyfriend they can't come to. terms with that because their beloved. Lily is not who they thought she was I. would say anyone who knew Lily did not. believe this Theory at all yes there is. an unpredictable nature on who could be. involved with drug trafficking sometimes. it's the exact people that you least. expect but there was Zero evidence that. Lily sold bought let alone even did. drugs was involved in some sort of shady. organization. she just graduated college a month ago.

and the reason that she wasn't a flight. attendant now was because she graduated. in 2020 it's the pandemic there's not a. lot of airlines actively hiring right. now she was working odd part-time jobs. just so that she could wait until she. got a job listing and her parents argued. this is the girl that passed the N to. Japanese proficiency exams the Japanese. language proficiency test measures how. fluent foreigners are at the language. there's five levels and one through five. N1 is the highest level meaning not only.

are you fluent for day-to-day Japanese. living but you're actually able to. navigate professional corporate. Industries within Japan it is. notoriously difficult to pass I mean I. imagine if there was a proficiency test. like that in English a lot of locals. would fail a lot of native speakers. would fail I wonder if it's the same. with Japanese but she was N2 so like the. second almost to the top yes and she did. this all for her dreams of becoming a. flight attendant because you know. Japanese would serve her well so her.

parents are arguing if she's doing all. of this for her career as a flight. attendant why would she risk it to get. arrested doing some illegal drug trade. mhm I mean she's dedicated to her career. path it doesn't make any sense she's. also the girl that works so many odd. jobs that sometimes she would just go. months eating just ramen does that sound. like Pablo Escobar to you because that's. what people were making her sound like a. lot of people were brief ly entertained. with this Theory and it just to the.

parents they felt like it was a bad. Theory it felt like Lily was living a. double life and there was Zero evidence. of her even being involved her parents. were rightfully upset that their missing. daughter was being accused of something. like this also because it makes the. police feel less sympathetic or. motivated to look into her disappearance. because they had no other leads to go. off of the parents and Hong thought of. printing out missing person's posters. and hanging them up near the border town. where she had allegedly gone to see if. any the locals had seen her nearby and.

of course there is that nagging. suspicion that border towns it's not. just in China and it's not just. bordering these countries I'm talking. border towns in any country there's. usually a little bit more activity for. drug trafficking and human trafficking. because they're border towns they're. bordering countries and what gets. shipped in and out of countries now I. couldn't find statistics of Border towns. but there does seem to be a lot of. anecdotal evidence that these are major. hubs for human trafficking regardless of. which two countries are boarding each.

other so there was that theory that. maybe Lily had been human trafficked it. is a dangerous Theory to toy with but. there was another theory and it all. comes down to a man named Zhao we're. going to call him z z would die for his. country he would die for China and it. sounds dramatic but that's what he was. taught by his dad who was in the Chinese. military and then his grandpa who was. also in the military and then his great. grandpa who was also in the military it. had been ingrained into his brain by Jed. generations of his family you die for.

your country you protect your country. and that is what great servicemen do and. now in 2020 he realizes there is a spy. in China oh yeah spying on some of the. top special force agents she had to be. killed and there was just no way around. it she was not going to stop until she. took the country down and even if nobody. knew that Z was the one to do it to take. her down to save the country he would be. okay with it he was fine being an unsung. hero that's what he said even if I get.

no Valor even if I get no appreciation. for taking down an international spy I'm. going to do it are you serious I'm. serious he really thought yeah he really. thought so he looks around his little. friend Circle and he's like okay who do. I know that can help me take down an. international. spy my good friend C CAO it's to right. we're going to call him c c is a cop so. Z is like oh this is perfect if anyone's.

going to help me take down an. international spy it's going to be a. police officer so together they're going. to get rid of a 21-year-old spy who's. posing as some college grad wannabe. flight attendant but in reality she's. working for enemy countries they just. need to find the perfect plan first. maybe Lily if that even is her real name. had to die in a way that her body would. be found so the two of them they start. thinking maybe we can lure her out into. the ocean have her take a swim and then.

we would be underwater waiting with Nets. we would tangle her up in these nets. like a fish wait until she drowns undo. the Nets remove it take it back with us. so it looks like a natural drowning but. that seemed like a lot more physical. labor than they wanted and what if she. fought back really hard what if there. were other beachgoers assuming that they. would have to convince Lily to get into. the water how would they convince her to. get into the water at 3:00 a.m. it's. just too much risk the next method that. they almost went with was somehow luring. Lily to Thailand and they thought that.

they could laugh and giggle as they. watched an international spy get sold. into human. trafficking the problem with this plan. is they would need to find human. traffickers and then they would need to. make sure that they didn't tell anybody. the authorities hey the Spy that was. sold to us it was these two Z and c and. a big concern was she's a spy we don't. know how good she is at fighting what if. she's like Mr and Mrs Smith what if she. somehow manages to escape being sex. trafficked then she would remember that. we're the ones that lured her there.

would be some sort of clues that she. could give the authorities and then we. would go down instead they lured her. into yunan Province she was told to pack. light don't bring a suitcase or anything. like that the directions for her to. follow were book a plane ticket the day. of fly to unan get off the flight go. directly to the base of the mountain and. wait for the light I'm going to tell you. how they got her to do this in a second. the light is going to lead her to the. top she didn't know that two men were. going to be waiting for her there behind. a few trees with night vision goggles on.

wearing camouflage next to them was a. 5-ft grave already dug and when she. reached the final beam of light it was. shining directly into the pre-dug grave. for a split second it said that Lily was. confused but they jumped out before she. could run away and one of them held out. their phone to record and the other one. grabbed her head with his bare hands and. twisted and snapped her neck they threw. her body into the grave took off all.

jewelry personal belongings and started. covering her up with. soil the video was clear there was no. mistaking that she was dead and that. this was done by what looked to be. professionals Lily and International Spy. posing as a 21-year-old college student. wannabe flight attendant was eliminated. she was extinguished and would no longer. pose a threat to National Security at. first Lily was frustrated with her new. boyfriend h she just didn't understand. why he was so secretive about everything.

it was to the point where other. girlfriends they might Ponder hey is my. boyfriend seeing someone else on the. side Lily would sit there and wonder. does my boyfriend have a full family on. the side that I don't know about like a. secret wife and kids that's how. secretive he was but once they moved in. together it was just getting to the. point where he just couldn't hide it. anymore he told her hey I'm actually not. just part of the military I'm part of. the special ops team in the Chinese Army. so there are parts of my work that I. can't really share with you and that's.

why I mean the parts that I can I will. but it's just the drill I mean my dad. was part of the special ops team it's. just it's the thing in the family and it. all kind of started to make sense a lot. of Hong's Instagram posts were him in. camo playing with guns you know a group. of guys decked out in camo posing with. guns so these were a lot of his military. buddies that he had started out with he. just looked like he was really into the. military life and she's like okay maybe. I get the fascination this is his life. and it's been that way for Generations.

in his family and once she found out the. truth she felt very sympathetic to give. comparison it's like dating a Navy SEAL. for example it would probably give you a. feeling of safety security that if. something were to go down they would. have your back it's that mixture of. capability and real life superhero Vibes. it makes you feel protected Lily was. very understanding of Hong's job when. she found out what he did for a living. that is sometimes he would be gone for. days at a time and of course yeah she's. is feeling anxious the whole time. wondering is he safe is he going to make.

it back what kind of mission is he on. but she knew that this is his life this. is what he's dedicated to and all she. can do is support him and sometimes. supporting him comes in the form of not. asking too many questions why put him in. a situation where he has to choose. between National Security and his. relationship she never asked and he. never brought it up really until July of. 2020 Hong asked if she wanted to. accompany him not on a mission. but just like on a cute little vacation.

that's where he was planning on going he. said that he wanted to meet with her. after he had his little gig and they. could spend a day or two in the yunan. province together which kind of made. sense because the yunan province is. known to be one of the more beautiful. provinces in China it's filled with. touristy spots a lot of different. indigenous ethnic groups there so it. attracts tourists to see the different. cultures there's a lot of colorful. temples beautiful lakes so it'll be a. date and he he's a little bit worried. because this is not really what he's.

supposed to be doing technically this. could get him in trouble with work but. their relationship is evolving it's. getting more serious and maybe it's the. right time so as special ops there's a. couple of rules that he had to follow he. wasn't allowed to stay in hotel rooms or. motel rooms because once you check in. there could be too many people that. could get access to those records the. whole point is no one's supposed to know. that he's in town and he was going to. use the Army's safe house so the Army. has safe houses in all these different. provinces all these different towns and. typically they're really hidden away and.

they're in very very particular. locations so this one in yunan would be. on top of a mountain because this area. they wanted to make sure that they could. see everything in the distance if people. were encroaching if people were coming. up the mountain they would be able to. see it from this safe house but the. problem is she cannot contact him when. she gets into Yan because people know. that they're dating and it's just a. whole thing like they can't track both. of them so what she would have to do is. is get on a Plane by herself fly into. yunan go to the mountain that he gave.

her directions from and from there he. said that he was going to flash a. flashlight for her to come up the. mountain to the safe house and from. there they could spend 2 days unplugged. no phones nothing so that no one can. track their location and then they would. fly back home together because once. they're leaving it's much safer so he's. special op he wants to go on a vacation. with her but can't tell her where to go. he is doing a job in Yan right and since. he's there he thought she could fly in.

and they could spend two days together. before he goes away for his next job. right so he asked the other two people. to flash her no he was going to flash. the flashlight oh he was going to flash. but it was the other two guys that was. flashing it exactly and the other two. guy thinks she's an international spy. exactly does he think he she's an. international spy too we'll see so when. the day comes neither of them would see. the house on the hill instead said Hong. would see a video of Lily's head getting.

snapped by a man's bare hands and being. buried on the side of the mountain while. he watched this video he was not in the. house on the hill nor was he even in the. Yan Province he was back at home in the. apartment that he shared with Lily. watching her murder and Lily's parents. never really liked Hong the first time. that they met for dinner this is the. time that Hong is supposed to impress. Lily parents but instead he just seemed. very elusive if not just downright.

agitated when the parents ask questions. about his life which is very strange and. I know it might not make as much sense. in Western culture and I'm sure in. different Chinese families it's. different as well like our family is a. little bit different but when you bring. home a partner in traditional Chinese. culture it's very common I think even in. Korea for parents to ask a little bit. more details about that partner's job. potentially even how much they earn like. money is not as taboo like it is in.

Western culture yeah because for them. it's um you have to know what their. potential yeah like not even that it's. like you're getting married it's a way. for them to gauge your level of income. education and ultimately your ability to. provide which is what they care about. now it goes both ways it's not just for. the men it's also for the women like. they're just a little bit more blunt. with these types of Life questions yeah. it's more transparent it's a sense of. merging of a two families so it's. important to know where you stand I mean. see like the downsides of it but I also. see the upsides of it I think knowing.

what your partner is doing and their. life goals and Ambitions and everyone's. on the same page is very good so Hong. refused to answer these questions and. they didn't like that they're like why. would he refuse to answer these. questions if something weird isn't going. on so he didn't tell them he's special. op no he didn't even tell them he was in. the military eventually Hong let Lily. open up to her parents and he said you. can tell them I'm in the military but. please can we just leave it at that like. I can't just go around telling everyone. I'm on the special ops team he's not. like a secret spot he's not out there. infiltrating other countries he's like a.

Navy SEAL and I guess his special ops. team they had a little bit more secrecy. than Navy Seals do in terms of like who. you can tell you're a Navy SEAL or not. so he's like you know I just it's not. the worst thing if people find out I'm. special ops but it's not the best thing. so just tell them I'm in the military. and his dad also worked in the. government so the parents Lily's parents. they kind of came around they actually. started joking that Lily was dating. above her League meaning hung parents. their background is very very good.

government jobs incredible and him being. in the military another government. position this is a good onp paper. marriage but they still didn't really. like the guy there was nothing in. particular that they hated there was no. strong incident that they could point. back to and be like that was the day. that I chose to despise him he was just. purely unlikable he's just not someone. that we love is their Vibe just the. personality maybe we're nitpicky because. it's it's our only kid it's our only. daughter there's nothing inherently.

wrong with him in the beginning it was. he was very elusive didn't answer. questions and then once they found out. about his job they actually like the. fact that his parents and his whole. family came from a very respectable. background but they still couldn't. really Embrace him with open arms cuz he. just didn't really have a likable. personality there was no strong incident. that was Raising any red flags or. anything like that they didn't feel like. he was abusive or anything he just. wasn't likable so the parents they. actually start suspecting Hong being. something more than unlikable when they.

get that same feeling from Lily's. disappearance the feeling that they. can't quite put their finger on but it. feels like he's evading their questions. when the parents found out that Lily had. gone to yunan the first thing that they. did was call Hong to talk to him about. it and in passing because the parents. they have plans to go to yunan to look. for their daughter they ask him casually. have you been before maybe it would have. been nice for him to come along or it. may be give them the lay of the land if. he had visited but instantly he gets. very agitated and they said that he. announced in a very serious almost.

Snappy tone I've never been but a few. days later when the parents mentioned in. passing to the police that they're going. to go look for their daughter in Yan the. police asked if Hong is going since. record showed that he had been there. before just 2 months ago H so Lily's. parents they never liked Hong but never. in a million years did they suspect that. he would be involved in her. disappearance because how could he be. how could he be when he's sitting there. every day staring them in the eye crying. about how much misses Lily but the more. they think about it the more suspicious.

everything is like the fact that out of. everyone Hong seemed really into the. idea that Lily went to that border town. to deal even though he could not back up. his theory with any evidence they live. together and you don't even have an. ounce of evidence that she's interested. in drugs that she's doing DRS that she's. making money from nothing just feelings. and Vibes because so he's saying that. she went to the he really liked that. theory he kept telling the parents I. think this is a good theory like we. should look into this Theory this seems.

the most plausible I believe this Theory. this makes so much sense to me and. they're like how does that make sense to. you because everybody else that knows. Lily is like never in a million years it. just didn't make sense the only thing. that you could really base this Theory. off of is she went to a Border Town yeah. yeah that somewhat has illegal activity. but so does every other town in the. whole world yeah I mean that makes him. instantly suspicious like like if your. loved one is missing the last thing. you're going to do is Ping them into a. criminal so that people are caring less.

about your loved one it's like what even. if you have an inkling or suspicion you. wouldn't do that it's like against your. best interest there's no evidence yeah. obviously it makes no sense so the. authorities they get heavily involved. later on and they're able to track down. Lily's last known whereabouts in Yan. along with two men that they believed. were the main suspects in her potential. disappearance potential murder z n c one. was a cop the other one was an. unemployed wanabe military man neither. of them are hung so they bring in Z and.

c and immediately when confronted about. everything they start opening up they're. like yeah she's dead the two looked calm. proud even they smirked and they're. telling the officers along the lines of. look we really didn't want to we had to. though and I I think it's above your pay. grade but it's operation Irene if you. call the military the special ops team. they'll know what we're talking about no. freaking way thece police did call the. military there was no operation Irene.

and z and C are saying yeah it's just. super secret we're dealing with National. Security here this is an international. spy we're talking about you deal with. traffic tickets we deal with threats to. our country they both wholeheartedly. believed military officials would March. down into the police station and back. them up and thank them shake their hand. for taking down a spy they would be. freed and recruited into the milit. military wait so is she a spy no she's.

not a spy no the police told them wake. up znc she's not a spy no military. official is going to walk down into this. police station and save you no one. operation Irene is in your head but they. wholeheartedly believe that yes and they. have evidence they say here we can give. you the guy that commissioned the. operation call him up and he can clear. things up so we'll give you the military. man they show the police their group. chat along with the guy's Instagram it.

is filled with videos of him training. with guns running around doing drills. and they're like see this guy is Special. Forces he's in the military the police. don't even know how to respond they. didn't know if this was a really bad. attempt from znc at lying or if they. were being serious because they looked. down at the Instagram that was presented. to them these were not military drills. they were videos of men playing. paintball or have you heard of real life. counter- strike Counter-Strike is a. shooter game and it combines it with. real life sports like paintball so you.

pretend like you're playing. Counter-Strike but in real life using. paintball guns like a laser tag place. basically shut the front door anyone. well in China at least usually once. you're of a legal age you can most. likely go and play real life Counter. Strike you don't need any sort of. knowledge or military background or guns. like a regular civilian can go sometimes. militaries do go as practice but this is. a role playing game at the end of the. day like those celebrities they play. like reality TV show like those right. it's real life Counter Strike so whoever.

this was was not part of the military. let alone a special forces agent Al so. he's not even part of the military yeah. and that Instagram was Hong's Hong was. not special ops he was not part of the. military he was an unemployed College. Dropout that just had a thing for. wearing camo it was basically his. uniform he was practically invisible he. would wear camo to the grocery store to. run errands he loved camo sometimes he.

would wear full combat gear combat boots. combat knee guards pants he made it his. whole personality he would have a. concept a whole life story around it. camo military Special Forces secret spy. he was never ever not even once part of. the military but he would convince. people including an police officer he. convinced a real police officer and. another individual that had Generations. inside of his family that were involved. in the military that he was special ops. wait so those two are actual police.

offic police officer these are not like. random civilians like 15-year-olds that. got swept up in an online catfish. scenario no these are adults one of them. is a police officer the other one has. three generations of military background. in his family and the girlfriend and the. parents so everyone believed him yes but. I think for the girlfriend and the. parents it's I would believe him if. someone tells me they're a Navy SEAL I'm. not going to be like no you're not. you're totally not right especially if.

there's so many things that kind of give. me that confirmation bias I'm like oh. yeah okay that's a Navy SEAL that's not. that crazy there's a lot of Navy SEALs. out there but for the police officer and. for the guy with the military background. I don't know how they were. convinced he would convince them with so. much certainty that these two the cop. and the military guy would commit murder. that is crazy I think a lot of netizens. were very conf used on the fact that he. managed to convince these people he.

didn't seem particularly convincing of a. liar if you knew anything about the. Special Forces you know like I said for. Lily and her parents and everybody else. it's a little bit different I mean what. do we really know about the special ops. like not much it's so much easier for me. to get tricked into thinking that. someone is a CIA agent versus a real FBI. agent being fooled by someone posing as. a CIA agent Hong's favorite topics. included camouflage no really he talked. about camouflage wearing camouflage. there's a conversation starter for him.

military weapons military equipment. hand-to-hand combat boxing guns I would. imagine that this is the type of man. that likes to narrate how he would take. someone down where he's like then you. grab them by the neck then you throw. them down karate kick them from behind. then you swing your left arm and then. you punch them Square in the jaw to give. you further context to back up that when. he was in college he wanted to show his. friends how to do hand-to-hand combat. and instead of practicing hand-to-hand. combat that with his friends that he's. trying to teach in college he ends up.

breaking three School doors because he's. like I'm going to hand-to-hand combat. these doors he was temporarily suspended. he spent most of his time during. suspension browsing ta Bal for military. goods that is like browsing Amazon for. military. gear yeah it was after college he gets. introduced to Z and c and they both. thought this guy knows what he's doing. in their eyes he was a national hero. he's mysterious strongly leadership. qualities agile he was probably employee. of the month of the special ops that's.

how these two felt they would beg him to. introduce them to the Special Forces so. that they too could become special. agents but Hong said they had to prove. themselves first if Hong called them the. two would rush at the crack of dawn to. meet with him on the tracks Run 10 miles. they would do it they never question the. orders this was their way of becoming a. special agent which they felt like was a. god given an opportunity this is so. silly like these are adults too yeah.

yeah they're playing some sort of like. role playing game like initially I would. believe this story a lot more if they. were like 15year olds they're like. Special Forces and this old adult is. like Special Forces but they're all. adults they said that meeting Hong felt. like the best blessing to them not. everyone gets an opportunity like this. even though Z had three generations of. military history in his family even. though Z was a cop none of them knew.

anyone in the special. forces and now they could be in the. Special Forces they felt this was the. best thing that ever happened to them. but it's also the thing that's going to. get them killed if Hong told them to do. 50 push-ups they would do 70 trying to. impress him Hong created a group chat. for them called The People's Army Eighth. core Special Operations team everyone. had to have nicknames in the WeChat. because they can't let anyone know their. real identities Hong chose the very in. conspicuous name of Boss very subtle. very non-suspicious and it was in this.

group chat that they start hatching up. their plan to murder Lily and this is. the part of the case that goes viral. because now we're breaking down the case. Hong is not special ops these two. honestly like these two parents they. keep trying to argue publicly the. brainwashing must have been good because. my son is a cop and like cops are very. alert of these types of scams and stuff. so Hong must be incredibly intelligent M. so they're saying the two people are. fully manipulated rather than they're.

responsible but a lot of NOS don't. really believe it because everything. from Hong's demeanor and the way that. he's carried everything out it doesn't. seem convincing doesn't seem that. intelligent no okay it seems like these. two just really wanted to be in the. special ops and they just kind of ran. with this it's like they wanted it so. bad they allowed to believe it got it. allowed themselves to believe it there. was no critical thinking skills. I don't think they're the victim of a. scam exactly okay cuz their parents kind.

of make it seem like they're victims of. a scam they literally brutally snapped a. woman's neck so we're breaking it down. Hong Is Not Special Forces these two are. killers so is Hong but why if she's not. a spy why would she have to die that's. the part that all the neens were like. wait a minute we still have so many. questions I mean these three guys sound. like they're badly written fictional. characters but what about Lily like. genuinely what is the motive here. there's no motive a missed New Year's. Day kiss in 20 minutes is the motive let.

me explain Hong was quickly arrested so. were Z and C so all of them are sitting. in the interrogation room separate. interrogation rooms and when Hong was. asked why would you even want them to. kill your girlfriend that to us doesn't. make sense like why would you want. something like this he said the plan. started New Year's Day 2020 he had been. dating Lily for about a month and it was. New Year's Day Lily and some of Hong's. friends came over to his place this is. before they're living together but for. some strange inexplicable reason without. explanation Lily left the room right.

before the New Year's Day countdown so. it's like you know to midnight it's like. 5 four three that really pissed him off. whether he was expecting some sort of. New Year's kiss or he felt embarrassed. in front of his friends or it hurt his. feelings I don't know but this was the. moment that he felt like this girl kind. of deserves to die that's just out of. this world. I I tried to research the psychology of. something like this. I don't know maybe it's like he feels. disrespected like one of those yes the.

only thing that I can see is he felt. emasculated by this that she didn't a. either alert him or get his permission. to leave and uh you know what I think a. lot of the fact that he wants to be a. special Op with these two minions is he. wants the sense of being look power. respected look up to I mean the only. thing that we can think of because this. man goes out of his way now to not even. just cut her off to continue dating her. when he already wants to kill her he has.

her move in dates her for many many more. months just so he can kill her neisens. commented on his motive and they just. commented question mark question mark. because none of it makes sense it. doesn't even make sense that's dangerous. psychologically like that kind of motive. is so dangerous right this reminds me of. the pan roundhouse kick yeah yeah yeah. when she just but this one's even worse. because he waits five months and gets. closer together getting to know her more.

seeing more the human side of her you. would imagine that more connection is. being built he has 5 months to not do. this but he planned out this for 5. months well there's another thing okay I. don't know if he mentioned it but it was. kind of interpreted by a lot of people. that once they moved in he was on and. off about do I kill her do I not kill. her until April. 2020th another incident takes place Lily. asked her if he could pick her up from. at the end of her shift he agreed but. when he showed up she wasn't downstairs.

waiting for him and so he texted her and. she let him know it's going to take. another 5 minutes because work isn't. letting her go which is very. understandable he felt like it's very. annoying but it's fine but she doesn't. come down for another 25 minutes 25. minutes he believed that she had done. something vile during those 25 minutes. like maybe go and sleep with her boss or. something all the while he's just. waiting downstairs for her like a stupid. boyfriend wow it was after this incident.

that he immediately went home to text. the eighth core of the Special Forces. team and stated that he discovered his. girlfriend Lily was a secret agent from. an enemy country that she was in here. tasked with infiltrating his life. because he's a special ops Force agent. stealing National Secrets embezzling. public funds from China and endangering. National Security she had to be. eliminated the three of them started. referring to ly as Fox the one that they. needed to kill and the operation for the.

murder was named Operation Irene Hong. would lure out the fox to the mountains. of yunan where znc would be waiting for. her he would stay back in nuning because. he was the one with the connection to. Lily so he's making it seem like you. know I still can't be seen in that town. because I can't get arrested the cops in. the special offices they run different. circles the cops they be fighting. regular criminals special ops is they're. killing agents and no one even knows and. you know what once the police get. involved then the military is going to. be upset because now it's become Messier.

it can be public and everything we do is. not public and police don't know how to. shut their mouths right so that's why I. got to stay back in nuning you guys have. to go kill Lily and because Lily. believed he was special ops she did not. call him she waited for his instructions. which was to follow the light up the. mountain to the safe. house and then she was murdered Lily's. dad has a very interesting request for. the trial he wanted it to be live. streamed Lily's dad said I don't want a.

closed trial I want this to be. broadcasted to the country he was. worried about potential of bribery and. Corruption he wanted to make sure that. everyone could see every single part of. the trial to see where it went wrong if. it did which I think it's the first time. we've talked about a case in China that. the family's victims specifically. requested the case to be live streamed. but it does make a lot of sense so one. thing that Hong did not lie about is. that his dad does work for for the. government he held a high position in. the judicial Bureau of Nanjing and he.

did try to intervene to help his son get. off easier he went ahead called Lily's. dad directly to see if they could find. some common ground father to father he. said hello Mr leang I'm Hong's father. this matter has been going on for quite. some time and as parents we are not. happy about it either we also not clear. about what really happened recently. we've gathered some new funds from a few. sources we're not sure if you can accept. it as a parent myself I just want to. talk to you about.

it basically saying we will provide. compensation do you want to take it. Lily's dad said I don't think that's. necessary oh sure well let's talk about. it anyway the weather is hot again and. there's still the pandemic going on. working and nuning right now the work. pressure must be quite high for you guys. I'm just about to finish work and leave. my office and I'm thinking this is. something right I checked your account. in the group and I see that you guys are. all anxious over there actually if we.

put ourselves in each other's shoes we. could empathize with each other I. understand how you feel and I just want. to talk to you about it however for me. I'm still willing to do something and to. try and communicate with you whether. it's expressing remorse trying to make. amends or whatever after all the. incident has already happened and we. can't change that we're all feeling. quite uneasy about it so about this. matter I hope you can give me a chance. to meet and chat with you I guess gu. that's the idea of my phone call Lily's. dad said we'll see he was just annoyed.

like the whole tone of Hong's dad's. voice was he's trying to close some sort. of business deal like wrap up some loose. ends he talked about the murder as if. it's just an inconvenience that could be. selfed with money he did not have any. remorse in his voice at. all. in the end Lily's dad was offered 1.

million1 which is around. $140,000 and yes it's a lot of money. it's life-changing money but it's really. not like it's really not Lily's gone. Lily's dad is a regular corporate. employee her mom worked at a. kindergarten they didn't have much and. all they had was Lily she was the only. child and they spent every second of. their lives talking about thinking about. wondering how to be good parents so that. Lily can grow up to be a good person. lots of people said that she was very.

spoiled but not in the way that you. think she was spoiled with a lot of. attention and care and people said that. was the reason that she grew up to be a. very responsible kind woman I mean just. look at what she's accomplished for her. career already without even even. starting as a flight attendant she went. to college in nuning an hour away from. her hometown but she would come back. every major holiday if her grandparents. if her uncle aunt got sick she's on the. first train back she would sit there and.

clip her grandparents toenails for them. because they can't do it on their own. she wasn't doing well financially she. just graduated college it's the pandemic. she doesn't have a job but she's working. all these random part-time jobs she. never came home empty-handed her arms. filled with fruits teas clothes and. Lily's parents felt insulted at Hong and. his parents that even thinking that. money right now was going to make up for. Lily being gone and they knew the. annoying thing is they knew in cases. like this if they take any form of.

compensation from the perpetrators the. judge goes easier on their sentencing so. even when they spent $30,000 of money. that they do not have just to get. through and travel back and forth from. the town that the trial was being held. at hotel cost attorney cost back and. forth investigations they refused to. take a single scent from The Killers. [Music]. new.

for they just wanted Justice honestly. they just wanted Hong To Die they were. quite vocal about pushing for the death. penalty for Hong and the two others. Lily's dad said I hope Hong will be. sentenced to death I will never give up. on this if we can't achieve this goal I. will continue to fight and I have the. confidence to keep fighting no matter. how long it takes but.

yeah you know I'm sure we all have our. own opinions about the death penalty but. I think we can all at least try and see. where he's coming from like it's just. the pain of that this is how he feels he. will get closure and Justice finally. July 2022 2 years after the murder Hong. was sentenced to death and the other two. defendants Z and C were given suspended. death sentences May 7th 2023 Hong was. executed after multiple attempts to.

appeal his death sentence and the other. two are now currently awaiting on death. row Lily was given a proper burial and. her dad said I shouldn't have been the. one to choose her grave site how can. that be something a parent decides we. should never have to make that choice. for our kids he went on to say I just. want to say to my daughter as her. parents these two years have not been. wasted it may not sound pleasant but we. haven't let our daughter down for the 22. years that she was with us in that. afternoon the parents went to go visit.

the mountain where Lily was last alive. they brought her flowers and a bucket of. KFC because that was her favorite and. that is the story of Lily and the very. bizarre psychology of three killers what. are your thoughts do you think that znc. also deserve the death penalty do you. think that they're just as guilty do you. think it's easy for them to be convinced. let me know in the comments please stay. safe and I will see you guys on.

Wednesday for the main episode bye.