Chinese nationals who tortured a Korean to death are seen in a photo provided by Cambodian authorities. [JOONGANG PHOTO]

Six Chinese nationals who tortured and murdered a Korean college student at a criminal compound in Cambodia were sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday.

The six defendants -– Jin Tian Long, Yin Song Wan, Li Guang Hao, Li Xing Peng, Liu Haoxing and Zhu Rezhe — received life imprisonment by the Kampot Provincial Court, according to reports from

the Phnom Penh Post and

Khmer Times on Thursday.