··· 'I regret it': Man on trial in China for allegedly murdering his wife and using meat grinder to dismember body and flush down the toilet May 16, 2021 The victim Lai Huili and the apartment building. Handout / South China Morning Post A man in China who offered a 100,000 yuan (S$20,700) reward and did multiple television interviews begging for help finding his missing wife went on trial for her murder on Friday (May 14). The case grabbed national attention in July last year when Xu Guoli from eastern Hangzhou, then 55, appeared calm and eloquent during the interviews describing how his wife, Lai Huili, left home while he was asleep, but was revealed as the prime suspect in her murder 16 days later.