CHINA. ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY FOR CORRUPTION - OFFICIAL
"According to data collected over the past decade, it is not pragmatic to execute officials who are convicted of corruption," the Hunan Province provincial organization deputy director, Wang Minggao, said.
"According to data collected over the past decade, it is not pragmatic to execute officials who are convicted of corruption," the Hunan Province provincial organization deputy director, Wang Minggao, said.
He added that it could be a way around extradition refusals from countries to where corrupt officials had fled.
The suggestion came just days after the Canadian Federal Court stayed the deportation of China's most wanted smuggling kingpin Lai Changxing. It is illegal in Canada, which does not have capital punishment, to deport people to countries where they could face possible execution. According to international jurisdiction laws, countries reserve the right to refuse extradition to persons who may be subjected to punishments not legal under their own systems.
He added that it could be a way around extradition refusals from countries to where corrupt officials had fled.
The suggestion came just days after the Canadian Federal Court stayed the deportation of China's most wanted smuggling kingpin Lai Changxing. It is illegal in Canada, which does not have capital punishment, to deport people to countries where they could face possible execution. According to international jurisdiction laws, countries reserve the right to refuse extradition to persons who may be subjected to punishments not legal under their own systems.
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- (Sources: chinadaily.com.cn, 15/06/2006)