CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF HK TYCOON

six of the eight people charged with the murder of Hong Kong millionaire Lam Hon-lit were found guilty at Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court, a defence lawyer for the case said. "Hired assassins Yang Wen, 27, and Zhang Zhixin, 22, were sentenced to death and given 13 years in prison respectively. Four others were given jail sentences and two were found not guilty. 54 year old Lam was murdered on November 30, 2002, with a single bullet to the head at a Teahouse in Hong Kong's Central district. Media from the mainland and Hong Kong were refused entry to the courthouse for security reasons.