OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

the Intermediate People's Court of Guigang City, sentenced Huang Jinxiong, a public security officer, and two other defendants, Tang Dazhang and He Shirong, to death after convicting them of drug trafficking. Huang was former political instructor of the police brigade of Pingnan County's public security bureau.
It was alleged that in October 2004, Huang colluded with his friend Tang Dazhang in purchasing and trafficking heroin. Tang then asked He Shirong, another drug trafficker, to buy heroin from Longzhou County at the Chinese-Vietnamese border.
On November 11, 2004, He Shirong bought 346.5 grams of heroin at Longzhou County and took it back to Pingnan County. He then handed it over to Tang and Huang.