China plans to clamp down on tomb raiders and impose...
China plans to clamp down on tomb raiders and impose tougher controls on markets and Customs checkpoints to try to combat the smuggling of antiques
China plans to clamp down on tomb raiders and impose tougher controls on markets and Customs checkpoints to try to combat the smuggling of antiques.
A new Relics Protection Law - currently under discussion - will provide stiffer penalties for those who break into ancient graves. Peng Changxing, a National Relics Bureau official who has helped draft the revisions, said some of the crimes might even be considered serious enough to deserve capital punishment.
A new Relics Protection Law - currently under discussion - will provide stiffer penalties for those who break into ancient graves. Peng Changxing, a National Relics Bureau official who has helped draft the revisions, said some of the crimes might even be considered serious enough to deserve capital punishment.
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- (Sources: South China Morning Post 31/10/2001)