He does not even know the thousands of people who are making him pay for his deed.
It all started with the diary Wang's wife, Jiang Yan, left online before leaping to her death from their 24th floor apartment last December.
Jiang wrote of her misery after discovering her husband's adultery two months earlier.
Once word of that got out, the cyber-hunt for her cheating husband began.
Wang, in his 20s, soon found himself on top of a "most-wanted list" on the Internet. Net users sniffed out and placed his photos, addresses and phone numbers on major portals for all to see and abuse.
Expletives were painted on the door of his parents' home, accusing them of killing Wang's wife. Strangers contacted the company where Wang and his lover worked. The company later suspended the couple and they were reportedly forced to resign.
Half a year later, Wang still cannot find work. Most employers turn the man away, said his lawyer, Zhang Yanfeng.
"This has seriously hindered my life," Wang said.
The Beijinger is just one of many suffering the onslaught of the cyber-manhunt. The Internet phenomenon is known in Chinese as "renrou sousuo", or "the search for human flesh".
The cyber-manhunt usually starts with thousands of individuals on the Net self-mobilizing with one goal in mind - digging out the personal information of targeted individuals.
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