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Six people convicted of abducting and selling four...

Six people convicted of abducting and selling four women and 99 children were executed in China's southwestern province of Yunnan

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Six people convicted of abducting and selling four women and 99 children were executed in China's southwestern province of Yunnan.Li Huiying, Duan Yufen, Duan Senying, Qi Xiangzhou, Zu Wanliang and Wu Kailiang had been involved in the illegal trade over the past decade, selling children in the provinces of Henan, Guangdong and Fujian, as well as the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Another 98 defendants were convicted by the Yunnan court of involvement in the case and were sentenced either to death with a provisional stay of execution of two years or life imprisonment or varying terms of imprisonment.
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  • (Sources: Xinhua monitored by BBC, 31/05/2001)