However, there are two exceptional situations. One is when there is a mutual duty of support between the instigator and the instigated (such as between spouses). If one party incites the other, who has no suicidal thoughts, to commit suicide, or if one party intends to commit suicide and the other encourages it, then it may constitute intentional homicide.
The other situation is when an instigator encourages a person with no capacity for responsibility to commit suicide, they must also bear the criminal responsibility for intentional homicide.
But in this case.
Zhou Xiaoqing is twelve years old, having reached the age of eight, and is a person with limited civil liability.
She already possesses a certain level of understanding.
She cannot be considered a person with no capacity for responsibility.
Although others guided her with their words, the suicidal thoughts and actions originated from her own volition.
