China poison accused Jasmine Sun ‘impatient’ on overseas ski holiday

The woman at the centre of China’s most intriguing unsolved poisoning cases has been pictured for the first time since her new life in Australia was revealed.

In a picture captured on January 22, Jasmine Sun and her family were seen in Hakuba Village, Japan. Picture: Supplied

The woman at the centre of one of China’s most intriguing unsolved poisoning cases has been pictured – while overseas on holiday – for the first time since it was revealed she had started a new life in Australia.

Millionaire property investor Shiyan “Jasmine” Sun, who is accused of being at the centre of a mysterious and deadly poisoning that has enthralled millions in China for 30 years, was spotted at a luxury Japanese ski town three days after The Australian uncovered her new life in the Port Stephens region in NSW.

On Monday at around 1pm, local time, Ms Sun was pictured at Nagano Shinkansen Station, headed to Hakuba ski resort. It is believed she had just arrived on a bullet train from Tokyo on a pre-planned holiday.

Thallium poisoning victim Zhu Ling, who passed away in December almost three decades after she was first poisoned. Pictured in 2013 with her parents.

“She seemed a bit impatient as her husband (Xie), pushing the luggage, was taking a long time to catch up,” a woman who identified herself as Kayee told The Australian.

“She gestured with her fingers to indicate the number three to the staff, saying they were three people,” said Kayee, who recognised Ms Sun after reading The Australian’s reporting last week.

“Xie looked somewhat ruefully as he smiled, dragging two suitcases by himself while Sun had her hands free. She seemed like a very assertive woman,” Kayee said.

Ms Sun is the woman millions of people in China believe holds the key to the mystery of what happened to Zhu Ling, who passed away in China on December 22 after being poisoned with highly toxic thallium in the mid-1990s

Jasmine Sun in Port Stephens at the beginning of January. Picture: Liam Mendes

The poisoning left Zhu paralysed, almost blind and with the mental capacity of a six-year-old requiring 24-hour care for almost 30 years.

Ms Sun, who internet sleuths believe changed her name to shed her previous life as Sun Wei, was studying chemistry at university and is thought to have had access to thallium, the highly toxic metal used in the poisoning.

Photographs of Ms Sun in Port Stephens captured by The Australian are believed to be the first images of her publicly released in 20 years.

After reviewing them, Zhu’s father, Wu Chengzhi, 84, who now lives in a nursing home with his wife, remarked with a faint smile that she “seems quite rich”.

They hold out hope that one day justice might be served.

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