The Guangzhou Daily reported that in early January...

The Guangzhou Daily reported that in early January Neijiang Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Sichuan Province, sentenced "gangsters" Li Ke and Xu Shuliang to death and Ye Ping to death with a reprieve of two years. In 1995, Ye Ping, his brother Ye Zhigui, Li Ke, and others formed a triad gang, called the "Peach Blossom Gang", the paper said. "They used knives and other lethal weapons to collect debts and committed kidnappings, rape, robbery, and homicide."