- A Chinese lawyer was executed after being convicted of poisoning gaming tycoon Lin Qi, who helped secure the rights to adapt Liu Cixin’s trilogy for Netflix’s “3 Body Problem.”
- Prosecutors say the lawyer bought toxins on the dark web, set up a secret lab (reportedly inspired by “Breaking Bad”) and laced pills and drinks with lethal poisons.
- Lin died in 2020 at age 39; the case — tying together corporate disputes, high-stakes IP deals and a Netflix hit — drew wide media attention in China.
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