China 2003
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on China in 2003
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A drug addict from Beijing and three people from southern...
A drug addict from Beijing and three people from southern China's Guangdong province were executed for drug-related crimes, state media reported
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Changjiang, a hired assassin, was executed after...
Li Changjiang, a hired assassin, was executed after being convicted of the murder of the woman who hired him
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate People's Court of Changsha, capital...
The Intermediate People's Court of Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, has sentenced Zhang Xiufa to death with a two-year reprieve and confiscated all his personal property for accepting huge bribes
- NOVEMBER 17, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Dawei, a Chinese businessman, was sentenced to death...
Li Dawei, a Chinese businessman, was sentenced to death for bank fraud by an intermediate court in Xian city, northern Shaanxi province, after he promised a company high interest rates but swindled it out of some 29
- NOVEMBER 17, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man who allegedly killed and dismembered his male...
A man who allegedly killed and dismembered his male lover was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve
- NOVEMBER 15, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Huang Ligang, 22 and Cheng Liang 29, were executed...
Huang Ligang, 22 and Cheng Liang 29, were executed for the murder of a Taiwanese couple and their four year-old daughter
- NOVEMBER 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Zhen, the former director of the State Taxation...
Li Zhen, the former director of the State Taxation Bureau in China's northern Hebei province, was executed for taking huge bribes and embezzling public funds, state media reported
- NOVEMBER 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court imposed...
The Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court imposed the death penalty on Wang Hao, after convicting him of robbery and murder
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Huang Mingxi, a 41 year old Chinese restaurant owner,...
Huang Mingxi, a 41 year old Chinese restaurant owner, was executed in accordance with a ruling from the Beijing No
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two men were sentenced to death by a Beijing intermediate...
Two men were sentenced to death by a Beijing intermediate court for fraud involving the buying and selling of value-added tax (VAT) vouchers that were eventually used in writing off some 393 million (47 million dollars) in taxes, state press said
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhou Kun, a Chinese police officer given a national...
Zhou Kun, a Chinese police officer given a national award for huge drug busts, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by a central Chinese court after being convicted of trafficking 5,000 kilograms (11,000 pounds) of heroin
- OCTOBER 31, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Jiangmen Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong...
The Jiangmen Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong Province, China, sentenced to death 53 year old Xie Jianzhuo, deputy director of the Jiangmen urban district government general office, for embezzling 12
- OCTOBER 29, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged the European Union to rethink...
Amnesty International urged the European Union to rethink its China policy, saying the Asian country's economic success overshadows a justice system plagued with human rights abuses
- OCTOBER 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hu Qineng, an official convicted in what was called...
Hu Qineng, an official convicted in what was called the biggest corruption case in southwest China's Chongqing municipality, was executed for embezzlement
- OCTOBER 27, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Wang Jie, a 29-year-old woman, to death and fined her 150,000 yuan (US$ 18,072) for murder, fraud and theft
- OCTOBER 27, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Sun Chaoyue to death, with two-year probation, for drug trafficking and illegally selling, transporting and possessing guns
- OCTOBER 24, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ujimamadi Abbas, a Uighur Muslim leader who campaigned...
Ujimamadi Abbas, a Uighur Muslim leader who campaigned for the establishment of an East Turkestan state, was executed in Xinjiang, the South China Morning Post reported
- OCTOBER 16, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Furong, a teacher in northwest China, was sentenced...
Wang Furong, a teacher in northwest China, was sentenced to death in the first instance for raping five female students, according to the local court in northeast China's Shaanxi Province
- OCTOBER 14, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Yushu, former vice-mayor of Leshan in southwest...
Li Yushu, former vice-mayor of Leshan in southwest China's Sichuan Province, was executed after being convicted of abusing his authority to take bribes valued at 8
- OCTOBER 10, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
School teacher Wang Furong was sentenced to death for...
School teacher Wang Furong was sentenced to death for raping five young pupils and molesting other children at a rural school in northern China's Shaanxi province
- OCTOBER 1, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
From this date all those who engaged in the illegal...
From this date all those who engaged in the illegal making, buying, selling, transporting or storing of tetramine, a hyper-toxic rat poison, and other prohibited hyper-toxic chemicals, would face serious punishment including the death penalty, Xinhua News
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed at least 18 people in the run-up to...
China executed at least 18 people in the run-up to National Day, including five members of the same family and the notorious leader of a massive prostitution ring, state media reported
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Du Huikai, Dai Yingqiang, and Shi Xiaoqiang were sentenced...
Du Huikai, Dai Yingqiang, and Shi Xiaoqiang were sentenced to death by the Luoyang Intermediate People's Court for kidnapping, murder and robbery
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
"One thing the United States and China agree on is...
"One thing the United States and China agree on is the death penalty," said Jerome A
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Shanghai sentenced Bo Jun to death for robbery...
A court in Shanghai sentenced Bo Jun to death for robbery and rape
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five people were sentenced to death in China's westernmost...
Five people were sentenced to death in China's westernmost Xinjiang Autonomous Region in a trial touted as the region's biggest ever mafia court case, state press said
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yao Ting, a local Shanghai man in his twenties, was...
Yao Ting, a local Shanghai man in his twenties, was given the death penalty by the Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court, for his role in an arson attack that killed two
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Jun, sentenced to death for killing a neighbouring...
Li Jun, sentenced to death for killing a neighbouring businessman in the market he had worked in for several years, was allowed to meet with his wife in the meeting room of the Beijing No 1 Intermediate People's Court
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced to death Zhang Liangwu for murder
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yuan Gang, a convicted police killer, was put to death...
Yuan Gang, a convicted police killer, was put to death in eastern China's Zhejiang province immediately after the provincial high court issued the execution order, state press reported