A deputy chief judge of the Zhejiang High People's Court was arrested on Monday for murder and the dismemberment of a corpse, China News Service reported.

The report said Pan Huashan's arrest was approved by Hangzhou Lin'an People's Procuratorate.

According to Pan's reported confession, he invited the victim, surnamed Qian, to his home for lunch on Jan 8. There, the two argued over a lawsuit before Pan killed Qian, cut his corpse into pieces and disposed of them in Lin'an in the provincial capital of Hangzhou.

After the remains were discovered by a farmer nearly three weeks later, Pan was detained by police on July 26.