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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·DECEMBER 24, 2001
China

A draft amendment to China's Criminal Law, which was...

A draft amendment to China's Criminal Law, which was tabled at a session of the country's legislature National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, stipulates that those who commit crimes like spreading poisonous, radioactive or contagious material

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A draft amendment to China's Criminal Law, which was tabled at a session of the country's legislature National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, stipulates that those who commit crimes like spreading poisonous, radioactive or contagious materials will be sentenced to three or more years of imprisonment or even the death penalty. The new amendment was drafted in view of the new terrorist practice of spreading anthrax bacteria through the mail.
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  • (Sources: Xinhua monitored by BBC, 24/12/2001)