Korean Relatives Demand Huge Death Compensation（Excerpts）

• Author: Liu Sheng

The family of a Korean man killed in a car accident in Anhui Province is appealing for a1 million yuan ($157,400) compensation settlement arguing it is in accordance with Shanghai's living standards.

Joung Jea-hoon, 41, who worked as middle-level manager at a shoe company inXuancheng, was hit and killed by a taxi May 8.

Local police identified the taxi driver, surnamed He, as being solely responsible.

The biggest dispute between the two sides is the compensation amount, said Wang Shaochun, the judge of the case at the Xuancheng Intermediate People's Court.

The 1,010,000 yuan includes 50,000 yuan for emotional compensation, 630,000 yuan in death compensation, 80,000 yuan for the upbringing his 11-year-old daughter and190,000 yuan for supporting his parents.

"The case should proceed according to Chinese law since the victim lived and worked in China, but it turns out the case is more complicated due to his foreign identity. This isthe first expat related compensation case we have had in Xuanchuang," Yang Xuejun,director of the...