Another man has admitted to causing the death of Auckland resident Ricky Wang - five years after the father-of-two vanished and three years after his body was discovered in a shallow grave near Tongariro National Park.
Wearing a black T-shirt as he stood in the dock in the High Court at Auckland this morning, Gaoxiang Yu paused momentarily as he was asked how he wished to plea to the murder charge.
“Guilty,” the 26-year-old told Justice Simon Moore during the short hearing.
The judge set a sentencing date for early next month.
The remains of Bao Chang Wang, known as Ricky, were found in a shallow grave covered in concrete near Desert Rd and Tongariro National Park in March 2020.