China executed at least 56 people for drug crimes and...
China executed at least 56 people for drug crimes and staged mass rallies nationwide to mark a UN anti-drug day
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China executed at least 56 people for drug crimes and staged mass rallies nationwide to mark a UN anti-drug day.
Thousands of people attended a rally at a stadium in Kunming, capital of southwestern Yunnan province, where 20 alleged drug traffickers were sentenced to death, said a city police official.
Using remote-control detonators, government officials ignited two metric tons of confiscated heroin placed in large metal pans and doused with gasoline. State television carried the spectacle live on its noon news broadcast. The executions were carried out immediately afterward at a separate location, the Kunming police official said.
Thousands of people attended a rally at a stadium in Kunming, capital of southwestern Yunnan province, where 20 alleged drug traffickers were sentenced to death, said a city police official.
Using remote-control detonators, government officials ignited two metric tons of confiscated heroin placed in large metal pans and doused with gasoline. State television carried the spectacle live on its noon news broadcast. The executions were carried out immediately afterward at a separate location, the Kunming police official said.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Associated Press, Asian Wall Street Journal, 27/06/2001)
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