#289: Young Chinese Couple Tortured & Murdered In 5-Star Bali Resort

27:54Netizens 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 two 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.

28:32And 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.

29:11There was no way in and out of that door without being caught on CCTV cameras. April 30th of 2023 at 8 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 five 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.

30:01That 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. but they were at a different hotel. So they just checked into this one. On May 1st? No, the last day of April. Oh, and then it became May 1st. Yes. Past 12th, okay. And that also becomes a point of contention that we're going to get to. Why were they at different hotels? Because usually if you're only at a certain, 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.

30:37Do we know what hotel? No, it was not released. I'm pretty sure the authorities as well as Chinese authorities probably know. Okay. Yes.

30:49So they walk into room 4223 together and Jia would never walk back out alive. Li, on the other hand, was caught on the hallway cameras coming out of the room at 1250 AM. 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.

31:28So 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.

32:03Hotel 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., five hours later, the door cracks open, and a bloody hand grabs up 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.

32:54He crawled for 23 minutes. 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 caught 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.

33:50They 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.

34:30It'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. Yeah. It's easy to get in. Very easy. Really? Yeah. 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.

35:24Authorities stated that they believed 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. 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.

35:56But 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 Li. She checks into the Intercontinental Hotel alone. But by the time that Li 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 self wounds with a broken beer bottle.

36:33The 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 Jianli 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.

37:07They'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.

37:45It 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 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 reported Lee from his personal life, never reportedly ever being aggressive to Gia or anyone else for that matter.

38:24It 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.

39:20There 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 gonna say something like that, right? That's like what moms say about their kids, about their sons too.

39:54It spoke volumes though, when Gia's own mother came forward to say, I do not believe that he would ever harm my daughter. 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.

40:31So 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?

41:05on 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 gonna 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'd 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.

41:39But 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 authority's argument is yeah well murdering your girlfriend is unreasonable so he was already doing something unreasonable you say they're stabbed on the back correct technically he could yeah but it's like who does that wow Wow.

42:24So it was very clear, authorities stated it was clear, that Jia was murdered. And it could be easily argued that Li was the one who killed her. We don't know, but you could just argue because he was technically in the room. But the way that Li 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.

43:01The 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 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.

43:38Lee was found in the hallway crawling and crying for help. Even if he had, 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. He's trying to run away.

44:13Oh 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.

45:05Also, 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 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 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.

46:05These types of men will not want to be found naked and vulnerable and in these defeating positions by other people. 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 drunk and 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.

47:02This 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.

47:38Bing 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.

48:19Imagine 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.

48:54Bing's room. They didn't? Didn't. Or at least they stated they didn't. So someone was slacking, you think, or? It's a 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 because 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 a little after 7 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 and they could likely choose to arrive at a later time oh my god these are just speculations and allegations so please and like I said Intercontinental Hotel as a chain.

49:53No 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 hotel 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.

50:27You know, anybody is taught, if you see something like that, call 911 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 emergency You put someone on wheelchair and then do what?

51:21Bring them to hospital or bring them to help. Yeah. Did they even call the hospital? No. If they didn't call hospital, why would you need wheelchair? Oh, because maybe there's a nurse's office there because they have a doctor on call. I don't know if they have an office though. Then you should have called the doctor first. To come with you. Exactly. Yeah. Exactly. 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.

51:56Yeah, 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. Or move 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 because 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.

52:28I 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.

53:04And 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 their 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.

53:42A 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 to 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 to 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.

54:19And 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, because 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 we're like, if we don't mention it, no one will know that there's another entrance.

54:54And 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 are 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 carpet. the crime scene was literally wiped from this earth meaning no further investigation if desired by any nation could be conducted and sure they gotta 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 is a drastic difference in the intercontinental staff's reaction time of cleaning up a crime scene versus responding to a security or potential health risk.

55:56This is the allegation. Like people online were saying, you know, it's one thing to be super lazy, like a super lazy business. Like, oh, we have a possible guest safety or security threat complaint. Let's just look for a wheelchair or something and like prolong this because we're lazy. We don't want to go look. We'll get to it when we get to it. Oh, we have a crime scene. Okay, fine. We'll clean it eventually. 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.

56:31This 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.

57:12Whether 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 Gia 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.

57:47She 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 was 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.

58:27She said there was a gate with a guard at the entrance of the hotel, but they just let in everyone. Like they never check 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.

59:01Other 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.

59:35A 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.

1:00:08As mentioned, Jia 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.

1:00:46On 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%.

1:01:22So 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.

1:02:01And 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 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.

1:02:34Like 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, 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.

1:03:13And you said they didn't even take any valuables. No. So that's not the motive then. Exactly. Because like, why would you go there? And even if everything goes to shit, it's like, would you really do it for nothing then? Yeah. 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.

1:03:50We 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?

1:04:15Before 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. So before the press conference even came out, he predicted what would happen at the press conference. So it's like maybe someone from the police or? It seemed like someone who had insider information. Or 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.

1:04:59The 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.

1:05:33They 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 Lee's 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.

1:06:13They 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 so but you're talking about billionaires like founders and yeah like and reputable people like reputable people that are not like shady like oh 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 that will go and talk to political parties to talk about the future regulation in cryptocurrency.

1:06:49Wow. 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, OK, 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.

1:07:20Like 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.

1:07:53The 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. Li and Gia were asleep naked and they first attacked Gia and they were hoping to use her as a way to get Li 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 because I'm not really into crypto like that.

1:08:35So 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.

1:09:38Crypto 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?

1:10:11In 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?

1:10:50Like 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. And that makes the best sense for this case. I would say that majority of people who hold crypto have it in hot wallet. 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.

1:11:30So 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.

1:12:11The 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. 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 gonna check into.

1:12:56They 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.

1:13:31Another 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.

1:14:08And 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 because i was gonna ask like what would be the incentive of doing it in person because let's say even if he 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 you have to meet with people in person like what i don't get it like what kind of trait are they making that's what i'm yeah that there's got to be more to the story than then yeah there's got to be more to it some people were um i did seem 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.

1:15:11But 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. Okay, I see. I see what you're... Like they're getting like a virtual trade to get a physical product or something. Yeah, I mean, I guess there could be more that he's doing that we don't know of. Yeah. So this is just one of the theories. and 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.

1:15:48Some 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 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 Li 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.

1:16:31and 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.

1:17:15That 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 fail-proof theory either because evidence authorities claim they found in the room do not support this claim.

1:17:50So 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 resort, 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.

1:18:21They 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.

1:18:55Lee 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. As soon as the sun came up. 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 to gain thousands, if not tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, really, to gain from this.

1:19:46It'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.

1:20:19And of course, there is no way to determine that this is 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 wallet address. Then you can track his money. Yeah. So 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? Yes. But before we get to that, right? 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?

1:21:02We don't know this to be true. This is purely speculation, just like everything else in this episode. But it is theorized that the hotel staff knew about this beforehand. And when Gia was checking in, they knew who this was because 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 residence.

1:21:35so all they were looking was for an empty locked room making it very difficult to hear the couple 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 because at least on the Mandarin side, it seems like more people agree with this.

1:22:16I 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.

1:22:54If 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. So it's like most people would be like, oh, OK, 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.

1:23:26I'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.

1:24:08So, 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 is no verification on this source of if they even knew this couple personally.

1:24:42This could be someone trying to get attention or like stirrups and 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.

1:25:20According 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.

1:25:57Everyone 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.

1:26:32Like 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 top of the money that he was ordered to launder and when I say some they stated it was around 14 million dollars 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.

1:27:44As a sign of this is what happens to you and your loved ones if you cross this, 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.

1:28:17And 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 an Edison. It was a whole thing. What do you mean interview? Like a video interview? No, like an anonymous. Yeah. Online? back and forth. 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.

1:28:49Like 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?

1:29:17So it's a Southeast Asian group. I don't want to say the country because I'm trying to go to that country. But yeah, it's a group from a Southeast Asian country. Yes. So it just didn't make sense that he would go to Southeast Asia where they had a strong hold 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.

1:29:53Wouldn'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 Li'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 you're saying he's flaunting an 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 100 million in there yes and if you look at that graph it's showing in 2017 he only had like $100 ,000, for example.

1:31:42Yes. 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 are 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.

1:32:18Insiders 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, 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?

1:32:57This 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 because 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 gia'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, Gia'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.

1:34:20Insinuating 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 Gia prior to his death. Now we don't know how much prior. I don't think it was while he was in Bali but we do note that he texted her. Gia, 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.

1:34:58Lee's mom emphasized I don't believe Lee would do something so irrational. He loves Gia. 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 Li 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.

1:35:36In their eyes, they stated that she was a coward who cared more about herself and her younger son than Li. 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.

1:36:08So 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.

1:36:45Indonesian 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 because 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.

1:37:21And 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.

1:37:59And 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 I would say it's been causing more fear in the crypto community than it has been causing in travelers, in international travelers. So 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. So it's not just like, oh, a random rich tourist, Let's go attack them in the most gruesome way in Bali.

1:38:39It 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 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. yeah 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 i think that this case is very very strange and i think it is an injustice to close the investigation just two 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.

1:39:56Bye!