in its initial trial, the Haikou Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province...

in its initial trial, the Haikou Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province, China, sentenced Lai Fenglan, age 41, a Guangdong woman, to death and confiscation of all personal assets. "From 1999 to August 2002, Lai impersonated Hainan tobacco monopoly administration officials and used high interest rates to attract 11.97m yuan of capital from 32 people," the newspaper said.