China 1999
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on China in 1999
- SEPTEMBER 20, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 20, Yili Prefectural Intermediate People's...
On September 20, Yili Prefectural Intermediate People's Court held a public trial in Yining County to pass judgment on 22 terrorists guilty of "violent terrorist activities
- SEPTEMBER 8, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 8, the Jiangxi Provincial Higher People's...
On September 8, the Jiangxi Provincial Higher People's Court gave its final judgment on the case of the wounding of the leading cadres of Jiangxi's Anyi County which shocked the whole country
- SEPTEMBER 2, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 2, a court in Guangzhou sentenced one...
On September 2, a court in Guangzhou sentenced one man to death and another to life imprisonment for forcing 5 women into prostitution
- AUGUST 25, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On August 25, a Chinese court sentenced a woman Zhou...
On August 25, a Chinese court sentenced a woman Zhou Mingrong to death for masterminding a fraudulent savings scheme that bilked depositors out of more than 70 million yuan ($8
- AUGUST 15, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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- AUGUST 9, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On August 9, the most notorious smugglers in South-East...
On August 9, the most notorious smugglers in South-East Asia had their death sentences upheld by the Chinese Supreme Court
- JULY 30, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 30, 4 people were executed in the northern...
On July 30, 4 people were executed in the northern region of Ningxi Hui, after they had been given death sentences by a Yinchuan court
- JULY 30, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 30,2 chairmen of the Shanghai-listed Dongfang...
On July 30,2 chairmen of the Shanghai-listed Dongfang Boiler (Group) Company Ltd
- JULY 22, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
China signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated themselves from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death pena
- JULY 21, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 21, the Yinchuan Intermediate People's Court...
On July 21, the Yinchuan Intermediate People's Court found that Xie Jianwen, Yang Jie, Yang Jun, and Zhang Yanbin stole 120 kg
- JULY 19, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 19, a Taiwanese soldier was sentenced to death...
On July 19, a Taiwanese soldier was sentenced to death after he admitted raping and murdering a 17-year-old schoolgirl in a case which caused a public outcry and saw several officers reprimanded
- JULY 16, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 16, a group of criminals were also executed...
On July 16, a group of criminals were also executed in Guangzhou for murder, robbery, kidnapping and drug trafficking, but the exact number of people put to death was not revealed
- JULY 15, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 15, 20 people convicted of robbery and murder...
On July 15, 20 people convicted of robbery and murder were executed in Shenzhen, the Shenzhen Evening News reported
- JULY 14, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 14, the Higher People's Court of South China's...
On July 14, the Higher People's Court of South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region announced the result of its second-instance trial of Li Chenglong, former deputy mayor of Guigang City, and upheld a lower court ruling of the death penalty
- JULY 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 3, 37-year-old Zhao Lianrong, who murdered...
On July 3, 37-year-old Zhao Lianrong, who murdered 8 girls in Beijing, was sentenced to deathby the Beijing No
- JULY 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 3, 4 people were given death sentences for...
On July 3, 4 people were given death sentences for being members of a smuggling ring that sold thousands of skins and parts of endangered tigers, leopards, snakes and other animals through the post
- JUNE 30, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 30, Zhou Xia, 36, a female drug dealer was...
On June 30, Zhou Xia, 36, a female drug dealer was executed in the city of Anshan, one of China's steel production bases in the northeastern province of Liaoning
- JUNE 28, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 28, Jiang Zhongsheng, the former chairman and...
On June 28, Jiang Zhongsheng, the former chairman and party secretary of the Dongfang Boiler (Group) Company Ltd
- JUNE 28, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 28, China executed the "ringleader" of a Pakistani...
On June 28, China executed the "ringleader" of a Pakistani fundamentalist group in the north-west Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region
- JUNE 25, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 25, authorities in Changsha and other areas...
On June 25, authorities in Changsha and other areas executed 8 drug traffickers
- JUNE 24, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 24, Urumqi City Intermediate People's Court...
On June 24, Urumqi City Intermediate People's Court sentenced 6 drug traffickers to death for selling heroin ranging from 190 to 717g
- JUNE 24, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 24, 3 drug traffickers were executed in Mianyang...
On June 24, 3 drug traffickers were executed in Mianyang City in Sichuan Province
- JUNE 21, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 21, a Chinese court sentenced Liu Jia-guo,...
On June 21, a Chinese court sentenced Liu Jia-guo, 34,the leader of Christian sect to death for swindling fellow sect members
- JUNE 17, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 17, Shanghai Railway Transport Intermediate...
On June 17, Shanghai Railway Transport Intermediate Court sentenced 4 drug traffickers to death, life imprisonment, and fixed-term imprisonment
- JUNE 7, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 7, 6 people, including 2 former Customs chiefs,...
On June 7, 6 people, including 2 former Customs chiefs, were executed in Guangdong after losing their appeals in the mainland's biggest smuggling case
- JUNE 4, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 4, Huzhou City Intermediate People's Court,...
On June 4, Huzhou City Intermediate People's Court, Zhejiang, meted out a death sentence with a 2-year reprieve to Xie Jianbang, former vice-mayor of Ningbo City, on charges of corruption
- JUNE 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In June, Lan Yike, a cadre of the Sichuan Provincial...
In June, Lan Yike, a cadre of the Sichuan Provincial Foreign Exchange Administrative Bureau, embezzled, or obtained by swindling, more than 10m yuan ($1
- JUNE 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In June, a number of drug traffickers were punished...
In June, a number of drug traffickers were punished or executed in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shantou, Chengdu, Hangzhou, and Wenzhou on the eve of International Anti-drug Day
- MAY 18, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On May 18, Jiangxi Ye Xiaojun, who killed a policeman...
On May 18, Jiangxi Ye Xiaojun, who killed a policeman during a robbery on March 31, was executed in Jingdezhen City
- MAY 14, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On May 14, the Higher People's Court of northeast China's...
On May 14, the Higher People's Court of northeast China's Liaoning Province sentenced 4 persons to death for murdering Li Xianying, the secretary of the Party Committee of Liaoning's Fushun County