Man sentenced to more than 10 years in UBC Endowment Lands homicide in 2024

VANCOUVER — A 38-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 1/2 years in prison in the death of a woman at a home on the University of British Columbia Endowment Lands in 2024.

Homicide investigators say Yang (Christopher) Liang was charged with second-degree murder in the March 2024 death of his wife, 26-year-old Men Cheung, at a home on Shortcut Road.

Liang pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter on Sept. 14.

Police say Thursday’s sentence also comes with a lifetime firearms ban and a DNA order.

Liang had already spent 11 months in jail prior to his sentencing for what Justice Carla Forth called a “brutal” killing, in which Cheung was strangled and beaten to death.

Sgt. Freda Fong with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says in a statement that the case was a “tragic reminder” of the possible “devastating consequences” of intimate partner violence.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 13, 2026.

The Canadian Press