CHINA PASSES DEATH SENTENCES ON GUN RACKETEERS

a court in western China upheld death sentences against two leaders of a gun-running racket that reached into neighbouring Pakistan.
October 2005, Ma Zeying and Zhang Chenming were sentenced to death by Haidong District Court in China's Qinghai province for illegally buying, shipping and selling guns in China's biggest gun-running case.
It said the gang bought 914 guns and 1,556 gun parts in Pakistan and several provinces and regions in western China to "conduct illegal transactions".
The Qinghai Provincial People's High Court also upheld suspended death sentences on Zhang Guoming, Ma Shenghun and five members of the racket. Two more were jailed for life and five others were given fixed jail terms.