Seven people who, disguised as soldiers, had stolen...

Seven people who, disguised as soldiers, had stolen guns and cars and killed 19 people in the southwestern province of Yunnan, were executed. The gang was sentenced to death at a public trial before a crowd of 20,000 people in Kunming, the Yunnan capital, for multiple crimes during a reign of terror between April 1997 and May 2000. The gang members were identified as Yang Tianyong, Xiao Lin, Yang Mingcai, Teng Diandong, Xiao Li, Zuo Shuguang and Chai Guoli.