Crypto Millionaire Couple Tortured & Murdered In 5-Star Bali Resort

Barabim, baraboom. Mr. Bean jumped into bed thinking about. how well-rested he's going to be. tomorrow morning. You know, hotel beds, they've got a certain magic about them. They make you fall asleep, they make you. stay asleep, or maybe it's like the. blackout curtains that do that. Either. way, he's very excited to have the. much-needed deep sleep, and it's it's. Sunday night. So, he's like a tiny bit. concerned, a tiny bit worried that all. of these other hotel guests, all of. these neighbors around him, they're. going to be up, loud, and rowdy, just.

partying through the weekend. He's a. very light sleeper, so yes, he had some. concern. And maybe, just maybe, he. jinxed it. In a daze, Mr. Bean wakes up. from a strange noise. It sounded kind of. like a groan. A groan. He turns to look at the time on his. phone, and the light is so bright he's. like squinting his eyes. 6:43 a.m. Still half asleep, he thinks, "Okay, maybe it was a fleeting dream. Maybe I. didn't actually hear anything." His eyes.

start slowly closing again, and there it. is again. The same noise, the groan. It's like a a muffled groan. But this. time it feels louder, like it's getting. closer. Something about the noise, it. freaked him out. It freaked him out. enough that he was sitting up in bed, high alert. His back was erect. He's. pausing to listen for that groan again. At first, it sounded like it was coming. from inside of his room. And so, motionless, he's practically holding his. breath hoping that it would help his.

ears work better. And there it was. But this time it sounded like it was. coming from outside his room, though, like the hallway. So, he grabs his phone, swings his legs. to the ground, and he starts tiptoeing. to the hotel room door. Quietly, he presses up against the door. and puts one eye in front of the. peephole. He's like half expecting to. see someone standing at his door, but he. scans up and down, left and right, and. he doesn't see a single thing. He.

doesn't see anyone. He lets out like a. small sigh. Then he backs up from the door, and then. he freaking hears it again. The groan. Because he's closer to the door this. time, the sound was it was much more. clear, and it was also accompanied by. another sound, the sound of something. dragging, some sort of friction. So, imagine someone dragging their duffel. bag on the ground instead of carrying it. by the straps. It's that sort of noise. Maybe Mr. Bean could have reasoned with. himself, "Okay, a hotel guest is clearly.

struggling with their oversized duffel. bag, and instead of bringing it to their. room, they're just dragging it.". But there was just something about this. groan earlier that sounded almost. primal. He glanced at his door locks. Good. Double-bolted. So, he steps back into his room and. starts speed-walking to the hotel. landline on the nightstand. "Hi, um sorry, for the past like 10, 15. minutes, I've been hearing some. groaning.". "Good morning, Mr. Bean. You said you. heard some groaning?".

"Yeah, I I think it's coming from the. hallway, but it sounds like someone's. been injured or something, like that. type of groaning. I think someone's. struggling.". "Yes, Mr. Bean. We'll get right on it.". Look, groaning inside of a hotel, especially a. hot vacation spot for couples, it's not. the biggest emergency. The hotel staff, they prioritized a few. other routine tasks and would only get. to check up on Mr. Bean's complaint in. like 20 minutes after he first called. 20 minutes. Remember this for later. because this is very important. When the.

hotel employee arrives on that floor, he. steps out of the elevator and he. listens. He's like, "Okay, there's no weird. noises, there's no groaning.". He turns the corner and he starts. walking towards Mr. Bean's room, and his. breath is knocked out of him. Around the corner, on the floor in front. of him, lay the dead body of a young man. There was a trail of blood behind him. He had stab wounds all over his body,

and it was very clear that he crawled. out of his hotel room trying to escape. Oh my gosh. He most likely crawled on his stomach. and then collapsed on his back when he. could crawl no more. But there's more. He was completely nude. and covered head to toe in blood. The hotel guest services employee starts. panicking, you know, and if he followed. the blood trail, it would lead him. directly to room 4223, just a few rooms down from Mr. Bean, who.

was in 4228. And inside room 4223, they would find. another body, the young man's girlfriend. She was. found unclothed in the bathtub. There. was an open bottle of wine on the edge. of the tub, as if she was just enjoying. her vacation, enjoying a bath before she. was ambushed and murdered. Like that's. what the scene looks like. This took place in Bali. So, the Bali. Police Department, they quickly secure. the crime scene. Forensic investigators.

start moving in, they start collecting. the evidence. The medical examiner is. trying to identify the couple, and they. begin the autopsies, and it was clear neither of them died a. natural death. Which you're like, "Okay, yeah, I mean, I don't need to be a. forensic expert to tell you that, right?". In a truly bizarre, shocking, strange. twist, Indonesian authorities very. quickly deemed the case. as there were no third parties. They said the boyfriend out in the. hallway murdered his girlfriend and then.

ended things with himself. What? In the hallway? Yeah. How does that make. sense? Exactly. So, the two people that. were found dead, they were Chinese. nationals, meaning Chinese citizens. And. netizens in both China and Indonesia, they start collectively voicing their. concerns about the case. They're like, "Wait, hold on. There's so many pieces. of evidence pointing to the fact that. they were both murdered, right? So, I.

mean, I just doesn't make any sense. Even just looking at the crime scene, most people are like, "This doesn't add. up with what the authorities are saying. happened.". But there's even more. So, the boyfriend. in the hallway was found to be stabbed. to death by a broken glass beer bottle. His own fingerprints were nowhere on the. beer bottle. He had stab wounds on his back that. would have been incredibly difficult for. him to have inflicted on himself, and. allegedly,

his private parts had been severed off. And on top of that, his last text. message to his mom just 2 days ago was, "They're trying to hurt me.". What? And the couple, the victims, they're both very, very wealthy. in the cryptocurrency community. So, I mean, every. was this, though? May of 2023. May 1st, 2023. This Yeah, it's an ongoing case. Like 2 months ago? Okay, well, it's not.

an ongoing case, but yes. What? Yeah. So, I mean, every single piece of. evidence seemed to point to the fact. that this couple was tortured and. brutalized in their hotel room. But. here's where it gets even more puzzling. Indonesian authorities stated that they. poured through the CCTV footage from the. hallway. Nobody other than the couple. themselves ever entered that room, nor. did they exit. Not a single soul was. caught on camera sneaking in, breaking. in, or being invited into the couple's. hotel room. So, this very quickly became a locked.

room mystery. Were they murdered? If they weren't, what the hell happened? If they were, how did the murderer get in, and how. would they escape that room? And more importantly, why would someone. want them dead?

As always, full show notes are available. at rottenmangopodcast.com. We did have Chinese researchers on this. case, but I do understand that there is. another aspect to this case. So, if you. guys are familiar, um if you guys are. Indonesian or are familiar with this. case, please let us know if there was. anything that was missed or anything. mistranslated down in the comments. So, most of our research was done using.

Mandarin sources. And as a legal. disclaimer, as of filming, nobody has. been prosecuted for these deaths. So, the theories we're covering today are. entirely speculative, but I'm going to. be honest with you. I feel like this. whole case just feels very suspicious. And just one last disclaimer, violent. crimes, they take place literally. everywhere in the world. There is not a. single person safe from being a victim. of a crime or a single place that has no. violent crime. And just because this. crime takes place in Bali, Indonesia, does not speak to their crime rates, nor.

to your chance of being a victim of a. violent crime there. So, just, you know, as always, critical thinking skills. should be exercised before casting. judgment on an entire city, country, and/or population of people. I just. always want to stress this when a crime. takes place in an area which their. economy is heavily reliant on tourism. So, just a preface. And with that being. said, let's get into it. The. InterContinental Hotel in Bali is kind. of like a vacationer's dream. It's a.

luxury resort with a private beach that. only guests and staff of the. InterContinental Hotel can use, and it's. just it's like a paradise. You can. choose a room that faces out into the. water. That's what you wake up to, this. amazing view. They have a doctor on call. that's there all the time. You have. nanny services, babysitting services, dry cleaning, valet. I mean, you've got. a world-class spa downstairs, six. different pools that you can choose. from. You could go to a different pool. every single day. They've got yoga.

classes, tennis courts on the property. I mean, it's part of the. InterContinental hotel chain. They claim. that they were the world's first. international luxury travel hotel brand, and the chain is very much synonymous. with like luxury and high-end stays. It's about $300 a night if you book. early in advance. So, to put it in comparison, you could. actually find budget hotels in Bali for. as little as $15. So, these are going to be like your. hostels. And then you can find mid-range.

hotels for about 40 to $100 a night, and. luxury hotels go upwards of $200 a. night. I mean, of course, you have the. ultra luxury five-star hotels like the. Bulgari Resort or like the St. Regis. Those go for like over $1,000 a night, but the InterContinental in Bali, I. mean, this is what you consider a luxury. resort that international travelers from. all over the world would be very excited. to stay at. So, 25-year-old Li Chi Ming,

we're going to call him Lee, and. 22-year-old his girlfriend, Cheng. Jianan, we're going to call her Jia, were staying at the InterContinental. Hotel in Bali. Now, side note, considering this is a very, very new. case and because of different privacy. laws in other countries, we just don't. have that much background on the couple. We don't have much about their personal. lives as we normally do. So, with that. being said, we do know that people who. knew the couple described them as the. ideal Chinese couple.

That's how they were talked about. So, in terms of even just conventional. beauty standards, both of them checked. all the boxes. People said they looked. like an ideal couple. Like, they're both. very young, very fit, very. conventionally attractive, and also. incredibly wealthy. Yes, they they had it all. So, Lee, the. boyfriend, he's got this very unique. hairstyle. It's faded on the sides, and. then at the top it's very long that he. would put it into this sleek ponytail, and he just looked very. unique in a very cool way. He had that.

aura about him. I mean, it made sense. You would look at him and he'd be like, "Oh, I'm in the crypto world." And. you're like, "That makes sense. You look. like it. It's so cool." He looked very. cool. He would always wear nice watches, drive nice cars, very indicative of his. successful career. And Lee was said to. have been a high school dropout, which a. lot of people, you know, that's. impressive by his level of success. To. become part of the 1% feels nearly. impossible already, but in China, the. statistics of becoming a self-made.

millionaire without daddy's money and. without a degree from one of the top. colleges in the nation, it's like um. it's like a dog's dream, I guess we. would say in Korean. A dog's dream? like there's no point in even It's It's. almost nonsense. Um It's so nonsensical. Don't even talk about it. It's not even. a dream at this point. I see. Yeah, it's it's stupid, meaningless, and pointless to think. about because it's never going to. happen. But the fact that he made it. happen and he was a multimillionaire at.

25 years old, very impressive. And then. we have Jia, Lee's 22-year-old. girlfriend. She was studying. broadcasting at university, and people. said she was she's very pleasant. She. was very fun to be around, and everyone. described her of just being very gentle. She had what they called a good temper. Okay, which it sounds weird in America. to be like, "A good temper?" Who. describes someone as having a good. temper? A lot of people in a lot of Asian. countries will describe people like.

that, and it just means that they're. very patient, rational, very good at. handling their emotions. It's like a. common way to describe people these. days. It's. someone with a lot of positive traits. So, Jia made a lot of friends in. college, and she just really liked to. like document her life on social media. And from the outside, this couple was. perfect. And maybe they were. Jia would post about her cute. relationship. Lee was always so kind to. her, and they started dating in 2021, so.

they'd been together for like 2 years. now. He constantly just whisked her away. on all these trips around the world. I. mean, some of their favorite spots were. Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia. He bought her designer bags. She was. always in his Rolls-Royces or all of his. other supercars cuz this guy is very. wealthy. Wow. But they weren't annoying. You know, they both valued family and. friends. So, they're not like, "Ooh, I. only care about money and I only care. about flexing." Like, they had a huge. social circle of people that they really. loved spending time with.

And as much as they loved having money, both of them did not come from wealthy. backgrounds. Instead of being jealous, those close to. the couple, they said that they were. really proud of just how far they'd. come. You know, to go against all odds. and make it, it's you can't help but be impressed by. someone like that. And I think 25-year-old Lee, being that. young, making that amount of money, I. don't think his friends and family would. have been surprised if he was like, "You. know what? I just want to date around. I.

want to see what kind of women are out. there. I want to see who I can date.". But he was so serious about Jia. I mean, prior to their Bali vacation, he. basically told everyone that he was. going to marry her. In America, that. sounds like he said, "Hey guys, I'm. going to propose to her, right?" In. China, it's interesting. There is an. action that. you can take that is more serious than. proposing. It shows a higher level of is. changing your household registration. Mhm. from one city to another city. Mhm.

Like, this is bigger than moving in. together, bigger than proposing. This is. basically signing the marriage license. This was kind of mind-blowing for me, so. hopefully I can explain it well. So, in. China, household registration systems. exist just like how you could be. registered to Orange County in. California or LA County in California, but it's not like um it's not like the. US where all your registration means, "Oh, that's the amount of property taxes. you pay." Or it's not even about voting.

I believe you cannot even buy a house in. certain cities unless you are registered. to that city. Mhm. Yeah. So, unless you. have a Beijing registration, you can't. buy a condo apartment or house in. Beijing. Yeah. Even if you have the. money. So, major cities, everyone's trying to. migrate for opportunities like Beijing, Shanghai, and they have registration. caps. So, you can't save up money to. move there and buy a place. You have to. physically switch your registration. So, at first, the system was put into.

place to control the mass movement of. people just moving to the bigger cities. and trying to prevent overpopulation, but now it's almost a gatekeeper of. socioeconomic mobility. Meaning, the. system assigns each person to a. household registration unit based on. their place of birth or their parents'. place of birth, and people registered to. rural areas have fewer opportunities. than the ones that are registered to. urban areas. And it's like purely based. on birth location. So, it keeps rich city residents rich. and poor rural residents poor. The.

household registration can impact a. person's access to healthcare, education, employment, and other social. services. So, the system has been highly. criticized for just its discriminatory. effects. It's even heavily impacting. societal trends. This is so fascinating. Marrying someone with a Beijing or. Shanghai household registration is like. marrying a US citizen. Like, yes, love. is probably a prerequisite, but it's. also a chance to move to what is often. perceived by a lot of people as a place. with more opportunities.

I believe in recent years China is. trying to reform this whole system, but. I I think it as a as far as like 2014, you can do it as long as you get a job. in that city, but it's just very. complicated, and that is why him. changing his household registration to. Jia's city is like, "I am so committed. to this girl. Like, I'm ready to move. there and uproot my life. I want to. marry this girl." That's the level of. commitment. And this specific trip to Bali, it was. supposed to be a graduation gift for. Jia, since she's about to graduate with. her broadcasting degree.

Unfortunately, neither of them would. make it back home alive. So, their bodies were found on May 1st, and 5 days after on May 6th, the. official social media account called. Bali Chinese Consulate released a. statement, and I've shortened it for all. the parts that matter, and it says, "Two. Chinese citizens were found dead at the. InterContinental Hotel in Bali a few. days ago. The Chinese Consulate is. working closely with the local police. and is continuing to follow the case's.

progress. We have briefed the families. to go to Bali to deal with the. aftermath. We are working with the. Chinese Consulate to ensure the personal. safety of Chinese citizens traveling in. Bali.". It did not do what I think they thought. it would do. I mean, I think they. thought, "Okay, this is good enough to. make everyone feel like we're all. working together. We're all working on. it." But instead, they didn't answer. anything. There were no further answers. or a statement that made the case feel. kind of tied up, and this pushed this to. headlines all over China.

Chinese netizens were like, "Wait, what. just happened? Two Chinese wealthy. tourists in a very nice luxury resort. were found dead? A young couple? What's. going on?". And in growing media reports, more. information was released about the crime. scene, as well as leaked photos from the. crime scene, which please, please, please, please, please, if you are doing. your own research on this case, please, please, please be careful. The crime. scene photos on this case are very. scary, easy to access and to view, and.

the families of the victims have asked. they not be spread or shared, so just. please be careful. Anyway, more updates. are given to the public about the crime. scene, and everyone is just kind of. scratching their heads. They're trying. to piece together the scene, and just to. like visually walk you through the crime. scene before we get to the autopsies. It was reported that the living room. inside the hotel room was ransacked. So, there were certain parts of their. room that were fine and then certain. parts where there were just like random. broken beer bottles that were blood.

splatter on the walls. It just looked. like a mess. But, the thing is nothing was stolen. And that becomes a big thing later. So, it's not like someone ransacked the. place and they're like, "Ha, I've got. your watch. I got your jewelry. Now, let's go." It kind of looked like a. fight had broken out. And then Gia was found unclothed in the. bathtub. Her body was half submerged in. water and her pajamas were tied tightly. around her neck. There were streaks of blood all over the. ground in the hotel room and one.

continuous streak that led out of the. hotel room and down the hallway of the. second floor. I know it's confusing cuz the room is. 4223, but it's the second floor. So, that's what the crime scene looks. like. But, what else? You know, what. about the autopsies? Can they tell us. something the crime scene doesn't? Let's start with Gia's. Gia had been. killed in the bathtub and unlike Lee, her boyfriend, she had zero open wounds. Cuz remember how I said he was stabbed. with a broken beer bottle? She had zero.

open wounds. None. There were some. shallow, non-fatal, not really like. bleeding cuts on her neck, almost like. scratches. There was nothing that would. lead to her to bleed much. Her neck was. dark with bruises and her PJs were still. wrapped around her neck when she was. brought into the morgue. She did, however, have multiple bruises. on her right hand, right knee, and the. right side of her forehead. So, it. looked like someone took a blunt, not. sharp, not something that could pierce. her skin and break open the skin, but.

like a blunt dull object and hit her on. the right side of the head with it. Potentially on her knees and hands as. well. They looked more like wounds that. someone would have inflicted to kind of. subdue someone rather than kill. Like, I'm just trying to gain control over the. situation. But, they it didn't look like. someone was hitting her with the force. and intent to kill her with that. Going by the autopsy, it was likely that. Gia was ambushed while she was taking a. bath. Someone or multiple individuals. walked in, saw her pajamas laying on the.

floor or the chair, grabbed those, hit. her on the head with a blunt object to. subdue her, and then strangled her to. death with her own pajamas. And. originally, it was believed that she was. killed by the pajamas and that she had. died of manual strangulation. But, the autopsy showed that the truth. was much more unfortunate. Authorities believe she put up a fight. So, she was splashing around the bath to. try and fight off the killer or killers, but. ultimately, the water was a big problem. Gia was found with foam at her nose and.

mouth areas, which can point to the fact. that she improperly inhaled water. Meaning, while she's fighting off her. killer or killers, she's inhaling water. and it's going down the wrong pipe. It's. going down her airways. She died partially from strangulation. and partially from drowning. What? Water was found in her respiratory. tract. She would have likely felt like. she was being waterboarded is what the.

sources say. Like, have you guys ever drank water, but it enters the wrong tube is kind of. how you call it, like the quote wrong. tube, and it goes down your trachea? Your body will start reacting instantly. You're going to have like a coughing. fit. Your eyes are going to water and. it's an uncontrollable response. Like, no matter how much you try to hold it. in, you're going to be coughing up a. storm. But, since Gia was also being. strangled at the same time, she was. unable to cough up some of that water. So, it was a very brutal, gruesome death. and this becomes important later.

Now, let's go over Lee, the boyfriend's. autopsy. Lee had more than 20. 20 open wounds across his neck, both. sides of his torso, chest, and back. His. back. So, not like where the obliques. are, but his back. This is so important later, so keep it. in mind. The largest wounds were measured to be. about 5 in long. So, that's like a. little bit shorter than the length of. most smartphones.

So, look at your phone, right? The depths of the wounds varied, so some. were deep, but a lot of them seemed to. be very shallow. Also, keep that in note, you know? But, don't worry, I'm going to remind you. later, too. The shape, angle, and cut of. his wounds, they matched a glass beer. broken bottle edge. So, most likely, someone had smashed a beer bottle, broken the glass of it, and then started. stabbing him with it. And Lee's cause of death was loss of. blood. So, to give you more context on.

how bad this is, none of his injuries. were instantly fatal. So, it wasn't like. there was a knife or a a sharp object to. his heart or to his brain. The wounds. were just deep enough to keep him very. much alive. So alive that he was able to. crawl for help for 20 minutes as he. slowly bled to death. He died from blood. loss. In order for an average adult human. being to die of blood loss, they need to. lose about a third to a half of their. total blood volume.

Which, if you think about it, that's a. lot of blood. It's said that an average. human male has about 1.5 gallons of. blood. And if you lose about half of it, that's about 12 cups of blood or like. two of these of blood. Remember how I mentioned the crime scene. photos were released? Well, there was a detail that netizens. saw on them and they were kind of. waiting for this to be in the autopsy. results for Lee. I do just want to make it clear that. authorities, the media, news sources. have never reported on this particular.

part of the case. It's mainly a. discussion held by netizens on forums. But, it is a huge part of this case in. whole, so I can't not include it. The crime scene photos seem to depict. Lee without his private parts. The pictures are incredibly pixelated, so nobody can really say with 100%. confidence. A few netizens pointed it. out and many more netizens wanted to. call them out for being conspiracy. theorists, but it seems like when they. saw the crime scene photos, they, too,

came to the same theories and. speculations. I would say like 90% of netizens were. like, "Yeah, I feel like they were. severed off.". And they argued, "Sure, you could say. that this happened sometime else or. maybe it was like a genetic condition, but like what are the odds of that?". It looks like it must be connected to. this case. I did, unfortunately, come across the. photos multiple times during the. research and I do not advise you to look. for them. Just by looking at the. picture, I don't think that there's any. way to tell with certainty. Like, none.

of this is 100% that like the pictures, like I said, are incredibly pixelated. So, again, this is just what a lot of netizens were. saying and they were looking for this. detail in the autopsy and it wasn't. there. So, they were like, "Hmm, that's. a little weird.". So, this suggestion, this theory that. Lee's private parts were cut off plays a. huge role in a lot of the theories of. what happened to the couple later, so. that's the only reason I'm bringing it. up. And then, of course, no crime can happen. on vacation without this becoming a huge.

point of contention, which is let's go. over the toxicology reports. The reports. revealed zero, absolutely zero, pesticides, dangerous drugs, narcotics, or alcohol present in both of their. bodies. What? Okay, so many contradictions in. this. Gia was literally found in a. bathtub with an open bottle of wine next. to the tub as if she was enjoying her. bath. There were beer bottles everywhere. in the room. What about that? Honestly, I don't know what to tell you. We tried going through a bunch of.

different articles and statements, even. forums, and authorities don't really. ever address this inconsistency. So, I guess it could be argued that the. couple maybe drank a little bit, but. metabolized the alcohol and maybe their. toxicology tests weren't done right. away. Because on average, alcohol is. only detectable in the deceased for. about 48 hours postmortem. Hmm. So, maybe it was done after that. Either way, maybe they didn't drink at. all or they metabolized it and too much. time had passed before the medical. examiners could test. With all of these.

details being leaked to the press, netizens in China and Indonesia, they're. getting riled up. I mean, everyone. cannot believe it. Like, there was a. brutal double homicide in a luxury. InterContinental Hotel in Bali. Netizens. all agreed the killers need to be. caught. They need to be put behind bars. This should have been the top priority. for authorities. So, while all of this is unraveling. online, Indonesian authorities decide to hold a. press conference. This is 2 weeks after. the deaths and everyone assumed it would.

be another update or maybe some. bombshell information would be dropped. Maybe suspects and arrest would be. announced. Maybe motives would be. revealed, uncovered. Netizens from both nations are just on. the edge of their seat trying to get. answers and the police said, "There are. no suspects. There are no arrests and there will be. no further investigation. We are closing. this case. There were no third parties. involved. Lee had murdered his.

girlfriend and then taken his own life.". Wow. Come on. People's jaws were on the floor. But, the authorities, they're like, "We've. got our own reasoning behind it." Okay? And you're like, "Okay, let's hear it, right? Maybe it's more than we could. have thought. Maybe they're smarter than. us.". Indonesian authorities stated they. pulled CCTV footage from the hotel. hallway. You could see the door to room. 4223, which was the couple's room. You. can't see in their room, obviously, but. if the door opens, you can see people.

coming in and out. There was no way in. and out of that door without being. caught on CCTV cameras. April 30th of 2023 at 8:00 p.m., Gia. walked into the InterContinental Hotel. alone. She arrived at the hotel alone? Yeah. Oh, okay. She checks into the hotel. alone. The reservation is under her name. alone. Lee, the boyfriend, is nowhere in sight. until 5 hours later. He comes into the.

hotel past midnight. Security footage shows Gia coming down. to the lobby to meet up with Lee. They. stand there talking for a few minutes. till they both turn and go into the. elevators together. They were seen walking into room 4223. together and Gia would never walk back. out alive. That was the first night they got there? No, they were actually at a different. hotel. the previous nights. They arrived in. Bali like two nights before this. Okay.

were at a different hotel and that's. checked into. this one. On May 1st? No, the last day of April. Oh, and then it became May 1st. Yes. Past 12:00. Okay. And it's it's that. also becomes a point of contention um. that we're going to get to. Why were. they at different hotels? Cuz usually if. you're only at a They were there for. like five nights. Well, they were. supposed to be in Bali for like five. nights. If you're at a destination for. five nights, you typically wouldn't go. to multiple different hotels. Do we know. what hotel? No, it was not released. I'm pretty sure.

that the authorities as well as Chinese. authorities probably know. Okay. Yes. So, they walk into room 4223 together. and Gia would never walk back out alive. Lee on the other hand was caught on the. hallway cameras coming out of the room. at 12:50 a.m. So, about 45 minutes. later, he walks out of the room. He leaves for like a short second and. then promptly returns to the room. Where. did he go? Nobody knows. So, I don't. know if it's the public doesn't know or.

if the authorities also don't know, right? I mean, we can only speculate. Did he step out to take a call? I don't. know if he was on the phone. Did he go. to get something? Was it a smoke break? All we know is he doesn't step out for. long. So, it doesn't seem like he goes. anywhere outside of the hotel property. We also know that he wasn't seen taking. anything in or out. during this time. Some people speculate that maybe Gia was. starting to take a bath at this point. and he stepped out to use the restroom. downstairs. The hotel room probably only had one.

restroom and maybe he wasn't comfortable. using it while she was trying to have a. nice relaxing bath. That makes a lot of. sense to a lot of couples. Again, this. is purely speculation. Nobody knows why. he briefly stepped out of that room, but. it was pretty brief. He gets back into the room and he orders. room service at around 1:17 a.m. Hotel staff deliver the food and from. then on for the next couple of hours, nobody is seen in the hallway CCTV. camera going in nor out of that room. 6:23 a.m. 5 hours later,

the door cracks open. and a bloody hand grabs at the carpet of. the door's threshold. A bloodied arm reaches out as the body. of a man crawls. from the door into the hallway. Lee is fully nude and covered in blood. He is clearly dying and crawling for. help. Almost as if he's moving in slow. motion, it seems he was using every last.

bit of energy that he had to keep. crawling forward. His mouth was said to. have been seen opening and closing as he. groaned for help. He crawled for 23. minutes. Oh. No freaking way. At 6:55 a.m., he would. collapse from exhaustion and blood loss. Mr. Bing from the beginning of this. story called the hotel front desk at. around 6:43 a.m. When did he get out. again? 6:23 and then he was collapsed at.

6:55. And Mr. Bing called at 6:43. Yeah, about. like 12 minutes. So, 12 minutes he was still technically. alive. Yes. He was crawling through the hallway. very much alive at this time and it's. hard to say. if the hotel staff came right away, would it have changed the outcome? We. don't know. I don't think we'll ever. know the answer to that, but the timing. is later very important and it does. paint all of this in a much sinister. light if that's even possible.

So, the Indonesian authorities, they. give their interpretation of the CCTV. footage. They believe, based on the. footage they have, that the couple were. fighting at hotel A. Their original Yes? I'm so sorry. I think the biggest. question everyone wants to know is is. there another access point to the room? Is there a window, back door, beach? There is. There is, but the Indonesian. authorities hide this from the public as. well as Chinese authorities for a very. long time. Wow. So, they present the evidence as.

if, "Look, we have the CCTV footage. No. one went in through the door." So, it. was implied it was a locked room mystery. until people found out what floor that. room was on and found out it had a. balcony that was easily accessible. It's. on the second floor and in the back. there's no CCTV cameras. So, second floor, that's still above the. ground floor, right? Yes. But someone can you say someone can find. a way to get in? It's easy to get in. Very easy. Really?

Yeah. Hmm. So, they believe, based on the footage. they have, that the couple were fighting. at their original hotel reservation. So, hotel A. They booked it, they checked. in, they're trying to have a nice. vacation and then they start fighting. for whatever reason. They're basically. saying that this fight, this. relationship trouble would lead to Lee. killing his girlfriend and then cutting. his own life short. They said, "After some investigating, they realized that Lee and Gia had no. plans to originally stay at the. InterContinental Hotel in Bali in the.

first place." Meaning that they were. staying at hotel A, got into a fight and. later that night Gia checks into the. InterContinental by herself. Authorities. stated that they believe that the couple. had gotten into such an explosive fight. that Gia was like, "I don't even want to. sleep in the same hotel as you." Which. people thought was odd because you would. just get another room inside the hotel. typically, especially when you're in a. foreign country. Like maybe if you're in. your home country, you're like, "Okay, like I speak the language, I know where. I am. I'm just going to go to a.

different hotel in the city." Mhm. But. usually resorts in places like Bali, they're massive. You could easily go to the other side of. the hotel and never cross paths. But. they say it got so bad Gia decides she's. going to leave and check into a separate. hotel by herself to get away from Lee. She checks into the InterContinental. Hotel alone. But by the time that Lee. comes to be with her, it seems like the. tension had fizzled out and they made. up. Authorities believe they briefly made up.

before they started fighting again. inside the room and this time the fight. became deadly. They said, quote, "Lee. killed Gia with heavy blows, binding her. around the neck and finally drowning her. in a bathtub. Lee took his own life. afterwards by slashing his throat and. inflicting wounds with a broken beer. bottle.". The deaths were ruled. with no third parties involved based on. the examination of the victims' bodies. performed by the forensic labs of the. Bali police. Now, at this point, many people still.

believe that Gia and Lee were attacked. and murdered and they did not agree with. what the authorities stated what had. happened. But they were confused because. like how did the killer get into the. room in the first place? Like had they. already been hiding in the room? Were. there secret tunnels into the room? There were a ton of speculations online. There were no answers. And because there. were no answers, some people started. believing the authorities were right. They're like, "You know what? Domestic. violence and toxic relationships, they're senseless, they're confusing and. a lot of people that have not been in.

these types of situations, they just. cannot wrap their heads around it. because it sounds crazy to think that. someone could do this to their partner. while they're in love, while they're on. vacation, but this is the reality of a. lot of people's lives.". But still, what the other netizens just. could not understand was. that's one thing, but why did the police. close the case after only two weeks of. investigation? And it's not like they. presented some irrefutable information. during the press conference that. definitively ruled the case. their theory. It just felt like there.

were so many different possibilities of. what really happened, so many missing. gaps, and they were just ignoring it. Too many loose ends, too many things. that weren't addressed and too many. things that just could not be explained. First of all, there was no motive. I mean, yes, every couple can seem. perfect from the outside. Do we really. know what's going on if in relationships. behind closed doors? No. But netizens from both countries felt. like there just wasn't enough reason for. Lee to murder Gia. It's stated that not.

a single person reportedly Lee from his. personal life. never reportedly ever being aggressive. to Gia or anyone else for that matter. It did not seem like he was hiding an. angry, violent side from social media. But again, that doesn't mean he didn't. have it in him. But a lot of netizens. said, "Beyond that, logically, there was. no reason for Lee to kill Gia. He could. have just broken up with her. It's not. like they were married. She was not. entitled to his money. He was the one. bringing in money.".

Why would someone with that amount of. money risk everything, you know, for. what? But then people are like, "You. just don't know unless you've been in. relationships with these types of toxic. people." You know, it could just be that. it's it was a scenario of oh well, if I. can't have her, nobody can. Usually these types of toxic. relationships, they have other. accompanying signs. That's what people. stated online. No friends of the couple. reported feeling even remotely that Lee. was controlling over Gia or was. maintaining some sort of hold over her.

In fact, both of them had pretty big, lively social lives. There were also no signs or reports of. domestic abuse, violence and Lee did not. have a history of crimes against women. And again, just because people haven't. come forward to report these things. doesn't mean it can't be true. In fact, more people came out to argue the other. version though. Lee's mom came out to. state that there was no way that her son. would ever hurt Gia. I know, she said he. was in love with her, wanted a future. with her, he cherished her, she was one.

of the most important people in his. life, but of course, his mom is going to. say something like that. Right? That's. like what moms say about their kids. About their sons, too. It spoke volumes. though. When Gia's own mother came forward to. say, "I do not believe that he would. ever harm my daughter.". Mhm. "He loved her, she could feel it, she. could see it whenever she saw them. together." This was big for netizens. because typically in Asian households, there really is that mother-in-law.

stereotype where the mother-in-laws. usually never think that their. children's partners are good enough for. them. So, for her to go against the. authorities' theory, she must have truly. felt like Lee was incapable of harming. her own kid. She's like, "That's my kid, yes, but I. just don't think he would do that to. her.". So, all of it it just felt odd to. netizens. Now, let's go over the alleged argument. that the couple had and the fact that. they had multiple different hotel. reservations. First of all, it's unclear. if they even for sure had an argument.

that night. That's just what the authorities have. gathered from the footage. They could. have easily booked different. reservations and switched up hotels. And. we're going to get into all the possible. like reasonings and explanations on why. they would do something like that later, but even if they did have an argument, netizens wondered, does that really. warrant a motive for such a gruesome. gruesome crime? On top of that, photo. evidence at the crime scene showed a red. wine bottle next to Gia in the bathtub. I don't know the last time any of my. friends or myself had gotten into a.

fight with their partner and was like, "You know what? I'm going to take a. bath." while the partner is in the room. That's like the last thing you want to. do. You're not in the mood for that. You're angry, you're upset. And it. seemed to netizens that the couple. fought that night. Let's say they did, they already moved on. They were in the. process of making up. I mean, the bath, the room service, they were both found. nude. It seemed like they were having a. rather romantic night before it was. brutally cut short. But I would say the. biggest factor that people didn't. believe the police theory was the way. Lee was found dead. Yeah, I think that's.

hard evidence. Like you say he got. stabbed on the back and a broken. beer bottle? Like What are you talking. about? It's one of those things where yeah, it's possible, but human psychology. dictates otherwise. Like it's so. unreasonable. that it doesn't make sense. But I guess. the authorities' argument is, "Yeah, well, murdering your girlfriend is. unreasonable.". So, he was already doing something. unreasonable. You said they're stabbed.

on the back, correct? Technically, he could I yeah. But it's like who does that? Wow. So, it was very clear. Authorities. stated it was clear that Gia was. murdered. And it could be easily argued. that Lee was the one who killed her. We. don't know, but you could just argue cuz. he was technically in the room. But the. way that Lee was found dead, nobody. could wrap their minds around the idea. that he did this to himself. It was just. so incongruent with the way that people. typically end their own lives. So,

according to the police, he ended things. by slashing his whole body and throat. with the edge of a broken glass beer. bottle. Like if he really wanted to make such a. dire choice, there are much much quicker. ways and much less painful ways to do. so. The probability that Lee inflicted. more than 20 shallow open wounds to. himself is highly unlikely. That's like torture. Yes. Yes. Exactly. That's torture. The The main. purpose of that is torture. That's what.

people are saying. The fact that he had. so many shallow cuts, too. I mean, it's. not even just someone wanted to kill. him, it's like someone wanted to torture. him. Why would he do that to himself? Yeah. Yeah. Now, let's say for devil's advocate's. sake, Lee in fact did kill his. girlfriend and then realized he was. going to go to jail for a very long time. and made the drastic choice to end. things as well. Lee was found in the. hallway crawling and crying for help. Even if he had the in the crazy chance.

done this to himself, he passed in a way that suggested he. regretted his choice at the very last. minute, right? And of course, you could. argue that human survival instincts, they kick in strong, right? But why. would he crawl out of the room then? The. natural response would be for him to. Yes, call the concierge, call the front. desk, call emergency services. Oh my. gosh, I just got chills from that. That. means somebody or something is there to. prevent him from calling for help. to run away. Oh my god.

And the person in there can't come out. because of camera. Yes. Oh my god. Like that is the clear logical reason. for like logical way for him to survive. So, if it was truly just him and Gia in. the room, why didn't he call? Yeah. Wow. And like you just said, it's common. knowledge that the only guaranteed. places inside of a hotel without cameras.

is inside the suites and the hallways. are typically known to be lined with. CCTV cameras. So, even if the alleged killers wanted. to chase after him, they probably knew. it was smart to not and they probably. hoped that he would die from his. injuries before getting help. Also, one more thing to note, statistically, it's not common for. people to be found dead with. self-inflicted wounds and be naked.

unless they are in a bath. It is um stated to already be such an. emotional vulnerable moment and it's. said that human psychology dictates that. people making these types of decisions. typically don't want to add another. layer of insecurity and vulnerability. Lee was unclothed not just in the room, but also in the hallway where he crawled. out for 20 minutes. And again, um this. next part is just. human psychology. speculations from forums that I've seen,

like netizens. So, this is not like. certified psychologist or any sort of. studies that were done, but they were. saying how. if you really had a man who exerted so. much control and power over their. partners, over their girlfriends to the. point of murdering them, this is. typically an egotistical narcissistic. man. These types of men will not want to. be found naked and vulnerable and in. these defeating positions by other. people. Yeah. So, for him to crawl out.

into the hallway naked looking for help, that is not the way most if it was his. choice, most egotistical narcissistic. men would choose to go about things. They were saying so, it's just kind of. like it doesn't match up. So, like suddenly he's this evil man, kills his girlfriend and then suddenly. he's like, "Oh, forget my ego." Yeah. It. just It was weird. And at first, everyone was like, "Okay, maybe the Bali police are in over their. heads. Like maybe they're used to. dealing with crimes that come from a.

tourist-heavy area. Maybe they only deal. with theft, drunken disorderly conduct, like things of that nature." And maybe. they did not have what it takes to. investigate murder, a double homicide. And the hotel being a luxury hotel, they. truly thought that the groans were just. coming from couples enjoying their early. Monday morning. This is where things take a much more. sinister turn. The hotel was asked about why it took so. long for them to investigate the call. that Mr. Bing had made about the groans. and the noise complaints. It seemed like. he clearly stated to the front desk that.

something felt wrong. He didn't just. say, "Hey guys, there's a noise. complaint. I'm trying to sleep and my. neighbors are groaning.". He called, he was on edge, he said it. sounds like it's coming from the. hallway. So, Mr. Bing called at around 6:43 a.m. According to the CCTV footage, it looked. like Lee had passed at around 6:55 a.m. According to the hotel, they received. the call from Mr. Bing and they actually. didn't check on other priorities. They. made this their priority and they. assumed, this is weird,

they assumed a guest was injured in the. hallway, so they quote searched for a. wheelchair before going to the scene. What? What are you saying? The explanation. literally goes against all logic and not. to mention the InterContinental's own. protocol. According to other employees. of other InterContinental hotels, the. appropriate protocol is taught in all. the hotels across the board and you. investigate the complaint and move on to. resolve the issue from there. You don't.

get a complaint and blindly search for a. wheelchair. Imagine you get the complaint and the. reality is that a guest is choking on. their room service. You waste precious. time searching for a wheelchair that's. not even needed. Like imagine choking at. a hotel and the guest services is like, "Someone get me a wheelchair pronto.". You'd be like, "What are you saying?". So, why would you assume you would even. need a wheelchair right now? And to add to that, InterContinental. staff, at least said other hotel chains have.

stated that they have ways to check. security cameras' live feed within the. hotel. They didn't even glance to see if. there was something strange going on on. that floor outside of Mr. Bing's room. They didn't? Didn't. At least they stated they. didn't. slacking, you think, or. It's the theory later. The hotel was in on it is the theory. later. Well, maybe not the hotel. I. don't want to say the hotel cuz that. makes it seem like InterContinental. hotels as a chain, as a corporation was. in on it, but hotel employees of that.

specific location, it's alleged that. they were in on something. Okay, could. you remind me what time they arrived at. the scene? 20 minutes later, so like 7:00. a little after 7:00. So, like probably. 10 minutes after he passed. Oh, so let's say if somebody can see the. live footage, then they can see exactly what is. happening. Yeah. And they. could likely choose to arrive later. at. a later time. Yeah.

Oh my god. These are just speculations and. allegations, so please and like I said, InterContinental Hotel as a chain, no. one is really saying that the. corporation, like the corporate itself. has anything to do with this. Like at. the most, they probably had no idea. about any of this and it was like a. rogue employee. That's like the most of. the speculations and allegations. So, it was reported that Mr. Bing stated. that the sound was coming from the. hallway and again, no one really checked.

or at least it seems like no one checked. the hallway cameras because if they had. checked, they would have seen Lee. crawling and covered in blood. And I. can't imagine they would look for a. wheelchair then. Yeah, I just don't buy that. You know, anybody is taught if you see something. like that, call 911 or or call emergency. service. No one is ever taught growing up, look. for a wheelchair. Like that's just so. against. emergency protocol. Like no one ever. ever ever done that. And I also think, okay, let's say.

they didn't have access to the security. footage live feed. I still just don't. see like I'm trying to really put myself. in a situation where I get a call about. groans coming from a hallway. I just. feel like I would go to the hallway and. look around real quick. Yeah. And if I see someone, I'd be like, "Oh. my god, this like elderly woman has. fallen. Like we need a wheelchair, right?" Yeah, or you just call some. emergency service first and then do like. or trying to save their life. I just don't see myself like having no.

idea what's going on. You know what's weird? You call emer-. you you put you put someone on. wheelchair and then do what? Bring them to hospital or bring them to. help. Yeah. Did they even call the now like. hospital? If they didn't call hospital, why would you need wheelchair? Oh, cuz. maybe there's a a nurse's office there. cuz they have a doctor on call. I don't. know if they're in the office or not. the doctor first. and investigate. Yeah. Exactly. You you. need wheelchair to transport people. You don't save people by putting them on.

wheelchair. Yeah, the wheelchair does. nothing. Exactly. You should call Usually, you. call doctor and then you put them on the. wheelchair to transport them to the. doctor or to the hospital. Yeah, that is. so weird. Yeah, that is so sketchy. Yeah, this whole wheelchair thing is so. bizarre. Like I just cannot see myself. in a million years being like, "There's. a report that someone might be injured. I have no idea what kind of injury it. is. Let me just waste precious time.". them, transport them to anywhere. Oh, that's also true. Like the number. one thing is someone falls, don't move.

them until you get a doctor who knows. what they're doing cuz you can mess up. their spine. Exactly. It is weird, yeah. I mean, now that. you're like breaking it down, it's even. weirder. So, people online are like, "That. doesn't even make sense. I mean, what?". So, this detail would not only anger. netizens, but it would draw suspicion on. the hotel staff. Right? But all of these. loose ends still don't address one big. detail. How did the killer or the. killers get into the couple's room. without being caught on the hallway CCTV. camera?

It's a locked room mystery. That's exactly what the Chinese. authorities wanted to get to the bottom. of. Two wealthy Chinese nationals died. in a popular tourist spot for Chinese. citizens. China was not having it. They. demanded answers and it seemed that. China was not happy with the explanation. given by the Bali police department. And. with enough pressure, a few new key pieces of evidence were. released by the Indonesian government. It seemed like for whatever reason, they.

were trying to keep these details hidden. and unknown. for some time. Most likely because it went against our. theories. So, the first piece of. evidence is reportedly the beer bottle. that they claimed to have matched as the. weapon of self-infliction, the broken beer bottle. It did not have. any of these fingerprints on it. None. Not to mention the method of stabbing. oneself to the point of no return is so. rare that it's almost a phenomenon and. that's with a knife. A broken beer. bottle is horribly jagged and not that.

sharp and a very painful instrument to. use to cut oneself. And stabbing to cut. one's life short is one of the rarest. methods. And of course, it's not unheard. of, but it normally occurs statistically. in young men who have had a long long. history of severe mental disorders. Most. of them had have some sort of medical. record that depicts a big history of. mental illness and these characteristics. were not similar to Lee at all. So, now add to the fact that he had.

wounds on his back and his fingerprints. were not found on the bottle, it just. doesn't make sense. And in even more. explosive news, remember the Indonesian. government was like, "Look, nobody was. seen entering and exiting, so no third. party was involved." Yeah, well the unit. has a balcony that has no CCTV in the. area. Meaning someone could have come onto the. property and gotten in and out of the. balcony entrance without being caught on. a single CCTV camera. The fact that they neglected to even. address this or even acknowledge it cuz. they could have acknowledged it and be.

like, "Okay, but this A, B, C, and D. evidence shows why that wouldn't have. happened." They didn't even do that. It's almost like they were like, "If we. don't mention it, no one will know that. there's another entrance." And as long. as we keep emphasizing the CCTV footage. and no one going in and out of that. door, then it makes it seem like there. was no other way in. It's like very conveniently omitting. evidence to just be like, "What do you. Oh, we're not really like lying, you. know? We never said there's no other. entrance. We just. omitted it.". And lastly, another very suspicious.

detail is just a few days after the. incident, the hotel cleaned up the. entire room and changed out the carpets. The crime scene was literally wiped from. this earth, meaning no further. investigation, if desired by any nation, could be conducted. And sure, What? they got to clean up the hallway. I get that, the hallway, right? They are. a business, they need to make money, they have employees whose livelihoods. depend on the hotel making a profit, but. there's a drastic difference in the. InterContinental's.

staff's reaction time of cleaning up a. crime scene versus. responding to a security or potential. health risk. This is the allegation. Like people. online were saying, "You know, it's one. thing to be super lazy, like a super. lazy business. Like, uh, we have a. possible guest safety or security threat. complaint. Uh, let's just look for a. wheelchair or something and like prolong. this cuz we're lazy, we don't want to go. look. We'll get to it when we get to it.

Uh, we have a crime scene. Okay, fine, we'll clean it eventually. Uh.". But a lot of netizens were saying the. energy was just so different. Like they. were so slow and took their time with. the security and safety complaint that. Mr. Bing made and yet so so quick and. ready to clean up the crime scene. This made netizens wonder, did they. clean up the crime scene so they could. resume operation or was their intention. to eliminate all pieces of evidence? Or maybe it was both. So, if it was a double homicide, what happened? Was there even a theory.

that could tie up all of these. loose ends? The first theory is robbery. Now, this is actually one of the least. popular theories, but let's at least. cover it. Some netizens said this was a. robbery gone wrong. There have been. reports and anecdotes of wealthy Chinese. tourists getting robbed in foreign. countries while on vacation because in. the global economic scale, Chinese. tourists are. pretty known now for having a lot of. buying power. Whether or not that's. true, maybe there's only like anecdotal.

evidence that they have a lot of buying. power and now it's just become like a. stereotype. But they have become targets. in countries all over the world. including in Europe, in the United. States, and probably Indonesia as well. Chinese tourists were becoming. synonymous with rich or having a lot of. cash on them and that made them targets. when they travel. So, maybe when they. landed in Bali, they were followed or. Geo was specifically targeted when she. entered the InterContinental Hotel. because she was a wealthy Chinese. tourist checking in alone, a woman that.

could easily be overpowered. She was, quote, the perfect robbery victim. It was even suggested that there was a. whole robust industry in tourist towns. where hotel staff or even just one or. two employees within luxury resorts will. collude with outside thieves and give. information on which room or who is. traveling alone, who appeared to have a. lot of valuables on them. And they themselves would not do. anything, but these thieves would come. into the correct rooms, they would be. told where the cameras are, who to.

target, get in, get out, and then they. would split the profits. According to a guest that stayed at the. InterContinental in April, so barely a. month prior, she said security there. was, quote, just okay. She said there. was a gate with a guard at the entrance. of the hotel, but they just let in. everyone. Like they never checked to see. if you're staying at the hotel or if. you're visiting a restaurant there or if. you're visiting a guest. They just smile. and let you in unless you look so. noticeably suspicious. But she's saying, "Nobody who has plans.

to do anything bad that's going to be. successful at it looks suspicious, you. know?" To be fair, this is pretty normal. for most resorts all around the world, but it just added to the theory because. it would have been easy for thieves to. get in and out of the hotel without. sounding off any alarms or suspicion. Other guests stated that that wouldn't. have been the only way in and out. either. They said that the. InterContinental Hotel in Bali boasts. about having a private beach. I don't know how I feel about upscale. resorts having private beaches because.

it excludes the locals from having. access to the beaches that they. literally live in this town in. But that's conversation for another day. They have a private beach and while. there are signs on the beach that say. private property of the Intercontinental. Hotel, former guests reported that. anyone could enter the beach. There were. no guards, no regulations, and people. did come to the private beach even if. they weren't staying at the hotel. A. former guest reported it was pretty bad. They stated that the beach was often. filled with outsiders and random. strangers who clearly were not hotel. guests or staff. Again, I don't know how to feel about.

locals not having access to their own. beaches in their town and every. desirable shoreline just being like. bought out by these luxury hotel chains. for wealthy travelers, but it does show. that security was maybe not tip-top at. this resort. Netizens who believe the robbery theory. think the crime ended up being so. gruesome because they theorized robbers. turned attackers probably weren't. expecting Lee, the boyfriend, to be. there. As mentioned, Gia checked into the hotel. alone and Lee came around midnight. He. didn't check in with any staff or the.

front desk. Gia came down to the lobby. to pick him up herself and bring him up. to the room. It's possible that the. employee who leaked the information to. the robbery group didn't know that Gia. would have company. So everyone involved. probably assumed that she was still. alone and when they entered, they were. taken aback that Lee was there. He had. seen their faces and he was ready to. attack them. So things kind of spiraled out of. control. Huge altercation broke out. Now, this. theory isn't foolproof because nothing. valuable was taken from their room. On.

top of that, the economy in Bali is. heavily supported by tourism and usually. those types of places, in my personal. anecdotal opinion, I think are safer from theft if I'm. going to be honest with you. Okay, so a. lot of netizens also pointed this out. and I agree with it. But when you visit. a hotel in New York City, the economy in. New York City for sure benefits from. tourism, domestic tourism, and. international travelers, but the economy. itself is already so well established. outside of tourism. So for example, in. 2021, tourism directly accounted for.

about 3.27% of New York City's GDP, whereas in Bali, that number is said to. be around 61%. So a lot of netizens are saying, "Sure, in Bali you might have a rogue hotel. employee that steals something from your. room or swipes something when you're not. looking, but the chances of having an. organized robbery ring is more likely in. cities where tourism is not the backbone. of the GDP.". Because it would be super short-sighted. for employees to consistently rob. guests. It would literally ruin the.

entire place's reputation, not just the. hotel, but this entire tourist spot. They would risk their own jobs, their. own livelihoods, the whole area's. economy. If tourists heard stories of. being robbed nonstop in Bali, they are. most likely not going to go on vacation. there. And if they're not vacationing. there, all these powerful hotel chains, they're going to have a problem and they. are probably doing everything in their. power to ensure that does not ever. happen. Literally after this case, the.

Intercontinental Hotel in Bali's. bookings. went down, like to the gutter. I don't. know for how long, but like you can. believe it it wasn't good. And many. Chinese tourists canceled their trip to. Bali even though they never even had. plans to stay at this particular resort. They're like, "I don't want to go, period." So people thought it was highly. unlikely it was a robbery ring. It just. didn't make sense. Like if an employee. was consistently colluding with other. robbers to take advantage of hotel. guests, think about if you worked at. that hotel. You saw your coworker do. that. You'd be like, "No, even though I.

don't want to be a snitch, I have to. report this because my whole family. lives here, not in this hotel, but in. this town, and we're all going to be out. of jobs if the tourism industry fails.". Yeah, it just not Yeah. It doesn't add. up, yeah. Like it impacts the entire area's GDP. and that's why I'm saying it's more. unlikely that you're going to have stuff. like to this scale, like a whole robbery. ring. in a place where tourism is the backbone. of the economy. And you said they didn't.

take any valuables. No. So that's not the motive then. Exactly. Cuz like why would you go there and even. if everything goes to it's like. would you really do it for nothing then? You know what I mean? So this theory is. not the strongest. It just doesn't make. sense on so many fronts, including if. this were true, the Bali authorities. would have no incentive to protect the. alleged thieves. They would be on the. side of the hotel who has power and. influence in the area and on the side of. ensuring tourism is still intact after. all of this. So they would most likely.

make an example out of the thieves to. show the world, "Hey, don't worry. We. are on the side of the safety and. comfort of the tourists, so please keep. visiting. Like look at us, we're. cracking down.". Unless. the thieves were there to steal. something even more valuable than. tourist ratings from China. Something. bigger, something better. But what? Before the Bali police closed the. investigation, so this is before their. controversial press conference, an.

anonymous post popped up on a forum. It. was from a local Indonesian who asked. the public to just, quote, "Trust him.". He said after a few days everything. would play out exactly what he said. And it would. Hm. So before the press conference even came. out, he predicted what would happen at. the press conference. Yeah. So it's like maybe someone from the. police or. It seemed like someone who had insider. information. Okay. Or it was just taking really good.

educated guesses, but I highly doubt it, right? So he said all the other theories. posted online right now were all smoke. and mirrors to divert attentions away. from the hotel so that they could blame. Lee. The truth is, Lee was not just a. wealthy crypto trader. Side note, in the. world of cryptocurrency, even someone. making like. a million dollars a year could be. considered a small trader. Like when you're talking about sharks. and whales in this game, you're talking. like hundreds of millions of dollars. He said the reason that the couple. traveled frequently to Southeast Asia is.

because cryptocurrency laws were known. to be less strict than in China. And for someone to travel around to. different countries to trade, I mean. that must mean that they were in the. crypto world like on a deep level. They. were big deals. Call it whales. Yeah, whales. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So according to the. anonymous poster, Lee had a net worth. that exceeded half a billion dollars. They stated that he had 500 million. dollars in crypto holdings. This is from the online post. Yeah. To back this up, there were photos.

found on these social media account that. showed him having intimate dinners with. other big whales in the crypto world. Not just some millionaires who got rich. off of crypto and now make YouTube. videos. I'm talking forerunners in the. crypto world, major people, major deals. Some of these people he rubbed shoulders. with were not just rich and successful. in crypto, but they held influence. They. would be invited to attend conferences. held by powerful politicians, government. entities, Fortune 500 companies to talk.

about the future of crypto. Do you know. who? Um I don't want to name them. because they're not involved and it. seems like these posts are being taken. down. Oh, oh, oh. So but you're talking about. billionaires, like founders and. Yeah, like and reputable people. Like. reputable people that are not like. shady, like, "Ooh, I wonder how they. made their money." Like they're very. open about how they made their money in. crypto. But I'm talking like people who. that will go and talk to political. parties to talk about the future. regulation in cryptocurrency. Wow. A.

comparison, if you will. So imagine we. just thought he was rich in crypto. So. we just thought he's sitting front row. at a Louis Vuitton fashion show. You're like, "Okay, if you're sitting. front row at a Louis Vuitton fashion. show, you must be well connected to. Louis Vuitton. You've been invited and. sitting there because you are wealthy. and you have some influence.". Louis Vuitton likes them. But then you. find out that they're constantly at. dinners with not only the CEO of Louis. Vuitton, but the Arnaults, the head of. LVMH, and you're like, "Whoa, okay, this. person is deeper into this world than I.

thought. Like this person is more. connected. Like maybe they're a bigger. fish than I assumed that they had been.". And they stated the reason that the. couple were in Bali might have been two. birds, one stone, to celebrate Gia's. graduation, but also to handle a very. big trade. The anonymous poster went on to say that. the other party had zero intentions of. conducting a fair trade and his travel. itinerary had been tracked since the day. he landed in Bali. If he had hundreds of millions of. dollars in crypto, that alone is a. hundred million reasons why someone.

might want him dead or would even kill. him to get their hands on his crypto. The original post continues. After the. couple fell asleep that night, five. people entered the hotel through the. beach and climbed onto the second floor. of the balcony. The on-shift staff of the hotel did not. send these people, nor did they ask for. them to come, but they knew ahead of. time, the staff. And if they kept quiet, they stood to. gain hundreds of thousands of dollars. Five people entered the room. Lee and.

Gia were asleep naked and they first. attacked Gia. And they were hoping to use her as a way. to get Lee to talk. Okay, so this is where I have to get. into some crypto basics real quick and. it's pretty pertinent to the case and I. had to ask him about all of this cuz I'm. not really into crypto like that. So. crypto experts, don't come for me. I'm. just trying to make it simple, okay? So. to put it simply, cryptocurrency is a. digital virtual currency form that. provides secure transactions that are. independent of any central authority, so. think like a government or a bank. It.

generally works through blockchain. technology and what that means is the. blockchain technology records all. transactions across the network ensuring. transparency, but also anonymity all at. the same time. So when there's a trade, everyone can see a trade has been made, but there's like there's no way to fake. it. Like you can't counterfeit a trade. But nobody knows who was involved in. that trade. Like no bank knows, no. government knows, unless you yourself. the trader wants to make it public.

information. But since everything is. done virtually, there is a level of. security measures that one needs to. take. Just like how you keep your money. in a bank, right? There is the risk that. someone from anywhere in the world could. somehow virtually get access to your. bank account and transfer your funds. out. Crypto has similar risks, and that is. why there is the existence of cold. wallets and hot wallets. Hot wallets. refers to crypto that is stored in a. place that is connected to the internet.

Obviously, this is not the same, but. just for the sake of simplicity, it's. like putting your money in a bank. There's always a risk that someone can. virtually gain access to your funds. And. in the world of crypto, it's pretty bad. compared to a bank. Like for a bank, you. can always try and call them and say, "Hey guys, that's not me that's trying. to do this transfer. Like please put a. stop on this." Or like, "Hey, can we put. a limit to transfer of the funds?". In crypto, it's particularly dangerous. because once someone else has your hot. wallet and the security measures to. bypass all of like these things you put.

in place, they have complete control. over your crypto, aka your money. Then. you have the cold wallet. This is like. putting your cash in a safe at home. Under your mattress, if you will. This. is a physical key of sorts, so think. like a USB. This will hold crypto and. it's hard to hack because you need this. physical key to access your crypto. wallet. It's like cash, and once you. have all the security measures that are. set for this key, so sometimes there's. like a recovery phase or like a pin or.

like a safety code, right? Like the safe. code, if you will, in the cash. comparison. Then you have full access to. a person's crypto. So, again, crypto fanatics, don't freak. out. I'm not a crypto expert. It's not. my field of expertise, and this is just. the way that I thought I would explain. it in. that makes the best sense for this case. I would say the majority of people who. hold crypto have it in hot wallets, so. they have it on platforms connected to. the internet. But most people that have. significant amounts of funds in crypto, like I'm talking people with hundreds of.

thousands of or millions of dollars in. crypto, I would say most of them have. their funds in a cold wallet, meaning. they have a physical key that ensures. nobody can hack their crypto without. their physical key. So, with that, some people will put this key in like a. safety deposit box at a bank. Some. people keep it hidden away in their. home, in like a Pringles can in the. pantry that no one will even suspect, or. under their bed, or in a safe, or some. people believe that on their body is the. safest, and they take this key with them. wherever they go. The anonymous poster.

was stating that Lee went to Bali for a. trade. He could not have been able to. make that trade without bringing his. ledger, or like his cold key, like his. key, right? And whoever was trading with him wanted. his key and wanted his security measures. to that key so that they could gain. access to hundreds of millions of. dollars that was allegedly in his crypto. holdings. The potential killers in this scenario. would have a lot to gain from this. And. that could explain the torture marks on.

his body. So, the theory is the traders were going. to meet up with the couple potentially. the day after, but the minute that they. landed in Bali, they were being watched. and tracked, and they were going to be. ambushed before the trade was supposed. to take place. In this theory, the couple didn't fight. Um like the reason that they were. staying with different multiple hotel. reservations was a security precaution. Some speculated that they always did. this when they traveled. So, they would. book two to three hotels per night,

maybe some ahead of time, maybe the rest. they would book once they land, but they. already knew which ones they were going. to check into. They would check into all. the hotels, they would get the keys and. pretend that they're staying in these. hotels, maybe even leave some stuff. behind in the rooms. So, that way, even. if someone is tracking them, or even if. hotel employees are working with. potential thieves that are going after. his crypto, it would be hard to pinpoint. which hotels they were in at which time. And people suspect that this was. happening because Bali is not that big,

and Southeast Asia is known as a crypto. hub, or at least for the Asian. cryptocurrency community. I don't know about the Westerners. Wow, that would be crazy. Another thing that could bolster this. theory is that potentially Lee was there. for multiple trades in varying degrees. So, he was in hotel A, and he said, "Hey. babe, like hey Gia, go to the Intercontinental and check in. I'm going to finish this trade in the. hotel room in hotel A with this person.

They're going to meet me here. We're. going to do a trade." And of course, whoever he just traded with would know. that he was there in that hotel room in. that hotel. That's not very safe. So, immediately after that trade, he would. leave for the Intercontinental where Gia. had already gotten a reservation late at. night under her name, and he would stay. at the Intercontinental. Wow, but um. you know, doing this in person just kind. of hard to believe. Yeah, some people believe that. So,

there's more theories, too. Yeah, this is something that you can. totally do online, so wow. was going to ask like, what would be the. incentive of doing it in person? Because let's say even if you weren't I. don't know how it works in China, but. even if he weren't able to make these. trades while he's physically in China, he could come to Southeast Asia. Why. would he have to meet with people in. person? Like what I don't get it. Like. what kind of trade are they making? That's what I'm Yeah. That There's got. to be more to the story than than Yeah,

there's got to be more to it. Some. people were um I did see some. speculations of this, but I don't know. how much I can believe it because I. think flying into China is pretty. difficult. Like Chinese um. like customs, I'm sure, is really. intense from what I hear. But the. speculation was that maybe he was doing. a trade and receiving cash. Mm. But I I just imagine if he's doing a. trade that big, how would you bring cash. into mainland China. without raising some alarms? I feel like.

the Chinese authorities are pretty. strict. Mm, okay, I see. I see what. you're talking. Like they're getting like a virtual. trade to get a physical product or. something. Yeah, I mean, I get I guess. there could be more that he's doing that. we don't know of, so. So, this is just one of the theories, and um. so, he had a trade that night, and even. if these individuals that he traded with. were to come back with sinister. intentions, the room would be empty. He. would not be there, and neither would. his cold wallet. Some other speculations.

were that no trade was made that night, but the couple had been planning to. bounce around from hotel to hotel. So, during their stay, it was stated that. they didn't want anyone to predict or. track their movements. That's the. theory, which could explain why they. went to the Intercontinental so late at. night. So, if Gia had checked in early, around 2:00 p.m., which is like the. typical check-in time for a hotel, the. hotel staff, if they were in on. something sinister, they would have all. day to alert the others and start. plotting. Okay, which ways are the entry.

key points? But if they checked in late, and Gia was alone, and it wasn't until. around midnight that Lee came to join. her, it would be hard to plan something. for that night, because there's only so. much time before the sun comes up. And. crimes inside popular destination. resorts, they would have to be done in the cover. of darkness. But the killers got to them regardless. of the security measures that they. allegedly put in place. So, the theory paints a picture. Gia was. attacked in an attempt to get Lee to. talk,

to give up his cold wallet and his. security measures. Likely, they staged. the bath entirely is what the netizens. believe, that they just filled the water. and then threw her in there. And that. could explain why there wasn't even. alcohol in her toxicology reports, yet. there was an open wine bottle. And then they grabbed Lee and tortured. him until he gave up his key and. security measures, which would explain. all the shallow cuts and the potentials. that his. private parts were severed off. That. seemed something. like a killer would do to extract some.

sort of information from their victim is. the speculation. Like you only do those things, allegedly, if these things were done. You only do those things if you have. insane hatred for someone, or you're trying to get something out of. them. Another thing to support this claim is. authorities reported nothing of value. was taken from the hotel room. But why. would the killers need a Rolex when they. were after hundreds of millions of. dollars in crypto? But this isn't a foolproof theory. either, because evidence authorities. claim they found in the room do not.

support this claim. So, there were no. signs of forced entry in the room, and. I'm not sure that includes the balcony. door. I'm assuming it does, but they. could have easily left that unlocked or. open a crack to let in the breeze. You. know, when you're at these types of. resorts, you kind of let your guard. down. Another thing authorities stated they. searched for were fingerprints, DNA, and. footprints from third parties, and they. stated that they found nothing. The only. two people with prints, DNA, and. footprints in that room were the couple. However, netizens don't really believe. anything the authorities have stated.

about this case. They feel as if the. thieves knew enough to pull off. something like this, and had just gained. access to hundreds of millions of. dollars, it would have been easy to buy. off the authorities, which could explain why the authorities. would withhold such key pieces of. evidence, like the fingerprints on the. beer bottle and the balcony entrance. The anonymous poster stated that there. were five people that were in on this, and in the end, despite giving them. exactly what they wanted, they did not. want Lee to make it out alive. So, they. stayed until he bled out. Thinking that.

he was dead, they left in the cover of. darkness before the sun came up. Lee was. not dead, like insinuating that he. pretended to be dead. They left. He mustered up whatever energy and. strength he had and crawled out of the. room. Interesting detail, on May 1st, 2023 in Bali, the sun rose at 6:23 a.m. Lee was caught on security cameras at. 6:32 a.m. crawling out of the room for. help. Out in as soon as the sun came up. Yeah.

Hmm. He could only crawl and groan. He could. not even scream at this point after. enduring a whole night of torture. And. the hotel staff on duty. it's alleged by netizens that the staff, not the chain, the staff were in on it. because they stood to gain not just a. fancy watch or a few thousand dollars. like the robbery theory, but they likely. stood thousands if not tens of thousands. or hundreds of thousands really to gain. from this. It's alleged that when they. got a call from Mr. Bing, they delayed.

the time before getting up there to let. Lee die. So they quote looked for a. wheelchair. In the end, the anonymous poster stated. the Bali police would no longer be. providing any more helpful information. and would state that no third parties. were involved. The poster stated that. the Bali PD will deem this case a no. third party done by Lee type of case. This post was up before the Indonesian. authorities held their press conference. So netizens believe that this is a. pretty solid theory and that whoever. this online poster was had some inside. information. And of course there is no.

way to determine that this is a 100%. true with the public information that we. have right now, but the amount of money. involved in this theory is more than. enough to support a motive and a way to. control the authorities. I wish somebody knows his um wallet. address. Then you can track his money. Yeah, and see if. there's movements after his death, then. you can easily see, oh, wow, somebody is. after it. There is a more popular theory. Really? Okay. Yes. But before we get to that, right?

Um one argument was made that if he was. tortured all night long and he was. forced to watch his beloved girlfriend. get murdered in front of his eyes, how did no one hear anything from that. room? Mhm. We don't know this to be true. This is. purely speculation just like everything. else in this episode. But it is um. theorized that the hotel staff knew. about this beforehand. When Gia was. checking in, they knew who this was cuz. there's I'm sure only a certain number. of big big crypto whales, right? That. they would consider whales.

that frequented Bali. They knew who she. was and they gave her a room where there. was no one on either side of her or up. or below. It would have been too suspicious to. make sure the whole floor was empty and. it might not have been possible because. maybe I'm sure every floor had some. residents. So all they were looking was. for an empty locked room. Making it very difficult to hear the. couple's screams for help that night. A few crazy things about this post other. than the fact that it was posted before. the Bali press conference. So whoever. this Indonesian netizen was, they either.

had amazing prediction skills or got. lucky with an educated guess or knew. something about this case. Either way, within a few days the post was taken. down. So do with that what you will. And then we have the next theory, the. most popular theory, the money laundering theory. A lot of netizens agree with this. theory, potentially even more than the. crypto theory, but it's kind of hard to. gauge cuz at least on the Mandarin side, it seems like more people agree with. this. I don't know about the Indonesian. netizens, so please let me know. I'm.

curious to know your thoughts too on the. theories. So this theory suggests that. Lee was not actually rich from crypto, but from money laundering. He stated he. was rich from crypto because he was. pretty flashy on social media and the. easiest way to explain how you made so. much money at such a young age that. people can't really question is crypto. Like with the rise of crypto. billionaires and millionaires and the. frequency of seeing these wealthy people. attribute their monetary success to. cryptocurrency, people are less likely. to raise an eyebrow at a young rich kid.

if they got rich from crypto versus. being like, oh, I founded a company. If you founded a company, people could. try and figure out what industry and. what other companies are doing in that. industry and how much revenue you have. It's also easier for authorities or. different government entities to try and. accurately access your funds or like. figure out what you're doing. Whereas. crypto, it's kind of like no one really. knows what's going on in crypto. Mhm. So. it's like most people would be like, oh, okay, I guess that makes sense. Like. lots of rich people in crypto.

So he was just using it as a way to say, hey, look, don't be suspicious about my. wealth. I'm not doing any illegal. activities. I'm just rich from crypto. The theory came about when netizens. started digging into Lee's background. and his friends and all of their. lifestyles were exposed online and from. their social media presence, we can. gather that they're all young, they're. all rich, and they're all showing off. their wealth. Now of course none of this. directly proves that Lee nor his friends. were engaged in illegal activities, but. netizens speculated that Lee was rich in. crypto and he did have a lot of crypto,

but that's not how he got rich. They. said that he got rich from money. laundering. That's the accusation. So. some quote evidence to back up their. theory is that although there are. self-made crypto millionaires, netizens. stated a good chunk of people who made. big big profits in the crypto crypto. space, they were already rich. So I mean they had the funds to invest. in a ton of different crypto and their. money was making them money. It's more. likely someone will make a ton of money. in the stock market if they have a ton. of money already versus someone who has.

very little funds to invest. And Lee coming from a lower middle class. background with no substantial career. before crypto, people doubted he could. make 500 million off of crypto alone. And that's just his estimated net worth, but you get it. An alleged insider close to the couple. stated, and again, take this with a. grain of salt, there's no verification. on the source of if they even knew this. couple personally. This could be someone. trying to get attention or like stir up. some drama. But they stated that Lee was. a money launderer, a professional money. washer, and he worked for the infamous.

the JY Group. The JY Group is Asia's. largest gambling group. Some people. would call them one of the biggest. organized crime groups in Asia, but I. would not call them that because I have. a ton of Asia trips coming up and I. would like to have some peace of mind. But some people might say that. I'm also. not saying this. Netizens are saying. this. But they are saying that they are one of. Asia's largest money laundering groups.

According to an insider, Lee was washing. money for them and to give you quick. background, to like put it simply, money laundering can involve three big. steps. So the first step involves the. placement of illegally obtained money, meaning introducing that illegally. obtained cash into the financial system. So that could be putting it into a bank. or into crypto, introducing it somehow. into the system. And the next phase is. layering the money. So this is when you. start mixing the illegal money with. legally obtained money to disguise the.

real source of the illegal money. So. imagine you have a deck of cards and. this deck is all legally obtained money. Everyone like from their jobs, these are. like people have bought stuff from you, like legal. Then you introduce illegal. funds into this deck of cards and you. just start shuffling to the point where. no one can really pinpoint which cards. were illegal and which ones weren't. I. mean statistically you could say maybe a. certain percentage of them were. illegally obtained money, but you don't. know which ones. And you just keep mixing. Then the next.

phase is called integration. This is. when you reintroduce the illegal funds. straight into the economy. You start. dealing out this deck of cards. Now. money laundering is crazy illegal like. everywhere, not just in the US, but. everywhere in Indonesia, in China, everywhere. Money laundering. is at this large scale is very high. stakes, high punishment crime. Most. governments. clearly let a lot of things go,

but they are not if they're not getting. a cut from your earnings, that is like. an unforgivable crime in most government. entities. Apparently, Lee's role to act. as a middleman, a money washer to the JY. Group, his task was laundering the money. for the group via crypto. But according. to someone who claims they knew the. couple, allegedly he slowly skimmed a bit off. the off the top of the money that he was. ordered to launder. And when I say some, um they stated it was around $14 million. worth that he basically stole from the.

JY Group. And these types of groups, they like to make an example out of. whoever wrongs them. According to an. insider, they ordered a kill on Lee and. whoever finished the deed would stand to. gain a few hundred thousand dollars. And. it would be important to make the crime. scene as gruesome as possible because. the news had to travel far and wide and. instill fear in any other washers that. they had. As a sign of this is what happens to you. and your loved ones if you cross us, so. don't even think about it. The insider.

reportedly told netizens during an. interview, the rumors on crypto trading. like the reason that he died, those are. fake. Crypto trading is not going to. make you that amount of money. It's all. a cover-up. In reality, he's money laundering for. gambling and wire fraud groups. He is. actually the middleman for the JY Group. for money laundering, but this time he. ate up about $14 million. and is being chased by the organization. Everyone in Southeast Asia knows that. the JY Group is the biggest player in. this game. And they would have control over. authorities as well. In the interview,

they were asked, well, this anonymous. poster was asked, yeah, they were interviewed by like a. netizen. It was a whole thing. What do you mean interview? Like a video. interview? No, like an anonymous, yeah. Online back and forth, okay. So they were asked like, how do you know. so much? And they responded, JY Group. also sent out the kill long ago and the. reward was 150k. But because nothing. happened, no one knew whether or not. they actually sent out this kill. But. now everyone in the group, like everyone. in the industry that knows about JY and. knows about how they run things, they. know that he had done wrong. Like he had.

wronged them. He'd crossed them. So a few things. Netizens believe this. makes sense and it could explain the. precaution that he took of switching. hotels. So you remember how we said the. precaution was maybe he didn't want. people to know where he was because he. didn't want anyone to target him for his. cold wallet. But maybe he was doing this. because he didn't want anyone that. worked for JY to know exactly which. hotel that he was staying at. And maybe. the couple didn't have a fight. But some. netizens would point out, why would he. be visiting Southeast Asia then if. that's where the group held the most. power? So, um it's a Southeast Asian.

group. I don't want to say the country. cuz I'm trying to go to that country. Um but it yeah, it's it's a group from a. Southeast Asian country. Yes. So, uh it just didn't make sense that he. would go to Southeast Asia where they. had a stronghold over a lot of these. Southeast Asian countries. He would be. safer staying in China or if he like. really was going to make a run for it, because if you're stealing money from a. group like that, you're making a run for. it. Like you're not just going to. continue working with them or hanging.

out in the same sphere of people. You're. going to make a run for it. Wouldn't it. be best to somehow make it potentially. to the US or Canada? And I know. immigration is really hard into Western. countries from China, but when you have. that amount of money, it could open. doors. So, these are places where this group. might have much less reach. Not saying. that they don't have reach in these. places, but probably much less than in. Southeast Asia where they really hold. the reins. But something that does kind. of support this theory is if you look at.

the timeline of Lee's wealth, it doesn't. add up. So, he started flaunting his. wealth online around 2017-2018. But he also would later share. screenshots of his crypto accounts. Not. like his account information. I don't. know if that makes sense. But he would. show how it had grown and how many funds. were there at certain points. How much money is in there? Yeah, like. not all of it, but like some of his. accounts, you know? He would just show. like snapshots as like motivational. posts really. When?

This was way before he was murdered. Okay. Yeah. And he didn't have much money in. whatever he was showing at like. 2017-2018 era. So, people are like, wait, but you were. showing like all these Rolls-Royces back. in 2017 and if your crypto accounts. later that you were posting about didn't. have that much money in 2017, how were. you affording that lifestyle back in. 2017? So, either you had a different. account that had a lot more holdings in. 2017 or. flaunting a account that doesn't have a. lot of money? It did at the time that he.

was flaunting it. So, like think about. it in 2022, he posted something and it's. like growth, you know? Oh, you're saying okay, so here's the. account. I see. Here's the account in. 2022 that has, let's say, a hundred. million in there. Yes, and. And if you look at the graph, it's. showing in 2017 he only had like a. hundred thousand dollars, for example. Yes. So, that means in 2017 he didn't. have a lot of money. He just made the. money in 2022. But when you go back to.

his 2017 social media post, he was. flaunting a very large lifestyle. So, people are like, that doesn't make sense. because your money in 2017, at least. from the account that you showed us, does not have money in 2017. So, how. were you buying all these Rolls-Royces. and living in these mansions and like. doing all these things? Okay. So, I. think that's why people were like, okay, maybe he didn't make his money from. crypto. And that's not saying that he. doesn't have money in crypto, but maybe. he didn't make it there really in the. beginning. Insiders even speculated that.

two of his Rolls-Royces he frequently. posted in were not actually his, but. they were from the JY group. And they let their washers like drive. Rolls-Royces. Yeah. Look, I'm not sure if you believe any of. these theories or more than the other, but one piece of evidence that can be. used to support either the crypto theory. or the money laundering theory was that. Lee texted his mom a few days before his. death. With two days before his death. And he sent his mom a text that said, "Mom, don't listen to what other people.

say. They're trying to hurt me.". So, at first I was like, okay, maybe. they're like spreading rumors about this. guy, right? This text alone though made netizens. question, okay, did the authorities even. see this? Did they even care about this? How can they say no third parties were. involved when he literally explicitly. stated two days before his death, "They're trying to hurt me." When asked. about this text message, Lee's mom said. it was strange. Earlier that day she got. a call from an anonymous person that. kept telling her that her son Lee was. doing drugs and was having thoughts of.

ending things. She freaked out cuz she was like, "Who. is this? Why are you telling me about my. son? Where is my son?" She reached out. to him and he texted her saying, "Mom, don't listen to what they're saying. They're trying to hurt me.". What? She also reported receiving. threatening calls after her son's death. She later said in interviews, "I'm so. afraid. I don't know if someone is a. reporter and reaching out or if they're. reaching out pretending to be a reporter. and have plans to get to me, too.".

Because of this news, Lee's mom never. even flew out to Bali to help extradite. her son's body. Jia's parents immediately flew to Bali. to settle the case. Lee's parents never. showed up. He is not really in touch. with his dad from what I believe, but. Lee's mom didn't show up and she said, "You know, Jia's mom called me from. Indonesia asking why I'm not there. And. it's not because I don't love my son, but I was worried for my own safety and. I have another son, like his. half-brother, Lee's half-brother, and I. can't leave him alone in this world if. something were to happen to me.".

Insinuating that such suspicious things. happened before and after his death that. she believed that someone had murdered. her own son and potentially she could be. in danger, too, if she had gone to Bali. She also stated that Lee texted Jia. prior to his death. Now, we don't know. how much prior. I don't think it was. while he was in Bali, but um we do know. that he texted her, "Jia, I hope that. one day you'll be able to see the truth. about this world. Take care of our three. cats and my mom. I did my best, but they.

are too cruel.". Both of these texts to a lot of netizens. feel like someone is after him and he. knows it. Lee's mom emphasized, "I don't believe. Lee would do something so irrational. He. loves Jia. Why would he kill her?". In an interview she stated that she knew. very little about her son's job. However, she knew that he was making a. ton of money because he began buying. luxury cars and new houses and gave her. a big, big allowance. And whenever she would ask, he would. reportedly just tell her that he was in.

the finance industry. She stated, "If Lee was in fact guilty. of money laundering or any other illegal. activity, he should have been punished. by the law instead of dying on foreign. soil.". A lot of Chinese netizens were honestly. kind of unhappy with his mom. In their eyes, they stated that she was. a coward who cared more about herself. and her younger son than Lee. They said, "He's your son. You should. have gone even if there was a risk.". "Lee's mom must address this injustice.

for your son. Like what is your life? Your younger son still has his father. It's so sad for Lee if he went down the. wrong path, it's because of his family.". I personally don't think it's our place. to cast judgment on a victim's family. members, especially when there's no. indication that they were involved in. any sort of crimes. So, I can see why. she made that choice, but I'm also not a. parent. So, I'm not sure if the choice. just doesn't sit right with a lot of. parents or what. Perhaps. Yeah, I don't know. Yeah. She did say, "I bought two graves. When.

I die, I want to be buried with my son.". To this day she does not accept the. theory that her son killed his beloved. girlfriend and then ended his own life. with a beer bottle. And most netizens don't believe it, either. The case has caused quite a bit of. tension for the international relations. between the two countries, between China. and Indonesia. A lot of Chinese netizens. who are scheduled to fly out to Bali for. their holidays, many of them have. started mass canceling their trips. Indonesian authorities refuse to. acknowledge any of these theories even.

as netizens, not just from China, but. many, many netizens from Indonesia are. actually putting pressure on their own. government because you have to remember, again, when a government fails at doing. something, the people that are. ultimately going to be impacted the. worst are the people that live in that. country. So, yes, you can say it's. really devastating for a lot of Chinese. nationals or even foreigners who want to. go visit Bali cuz it's like, oh my gosh, now I'm scared. But really, the people that are going to. be impacted the most by things like this.

are Indonesians. And so, Indonesians are. like, hey, we need to get to the bottom. of this so our economy is not disrupted. And a lot of them are just saying, no, I. don't want to live in a country where I. feel like there's injustice, even if. it's for tourists, even if it's not for. Indonesians. So, a lot of Indonesians. have been stepping up and trying to get. answers for Chinese netizens. and for the families of the victims. But. as of right now, as of the publication. date of this episode, this is the only. information that has been really shared. with the public. And because the Bali.

police said that this case was closed, technically, I don't think we're going. to get much new information unless China. really starts pressing and pressing. And. I don't know if that's something they. should do, shouldn't do. I don't know. how that's going to impact international. relations. I don't know how that's going. to impact anything, really. But this has been causing fear amongst a. lot of people. And um I would say it's. been causing more fear in the crypto. community than it has been causing in. travelers, in international travelers.

So, um I think the reason is. most netizens can agree that this crime. seems to have been targeted towards the. couple and not just a random tourist. attack. Mhm. So, it's not just like, oh, a random rich tourist, let's go attack. them in the most gruesome way in Bali. It seems no matter what destination this. couple could have gone, they could have. been targeted just because of the space. that they were in. So, um I saw a lot of crypto people in.

these forums saying like, we have to be. careful. And people are choosing to be much less, like much more private with their crypto. holdings and how they're making their. money and much more discreet about their. money. Uh it's. Yeah. So, it seems like it's not a case of. wealthy individuals or wealthy travelers. being attacked and brutalized, but. rather people in this industry. Whether it's crypto or whether it's. money laundering or something else.

Wow. But, what are your thoughts? Do you. think the couple were killed? This is the information we were able to. gather and pull from sources in. Mandarin, but if you're Indonesian and. you know more about this case from a. different perspective, please let us. know in the comments. But, from the. information we were able to get so far, like just from what I've said in this. video, but I think that this case is. very, very strange, and I think it isn't. injustice to close the investigation. just 2 weeks after the deaths, especially when there's just so many. lingering questions.

What are your thoughts? Please stay safe out there, and I will see you guys on Sunday for. the mini sode. Bye.