VIETNAM. AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL GIVEN DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Nguyen Van Chinh, an Australian man of Vietnamese origin, was sentenced to death in Vietnam for drug trafficking.
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Nguyen Van Chinh, an Australian man of Vietnamese origin, was sentenced to death in Vietnam for drug trafficking.
Chinh, 45, was handed the death penalty by the Ho Chi Minh City's People's Court.
Two Vietnamese women of the same gang were sentenced to life imprisonment. Another defendant was jailed for 20 years. The four were arrested late 2002 while buying one kilogram of heroin in the southern business capital to traffic to Australia.
Chinh, 45, was handed the death penalty by the Ho Chi Minh City's People's Court.
Two Vietnamese women of the same gang were sentenced to life imprisonment. Another defendant was jailed for 20 years. The four were arrested late 2002 while buying one kilogram of heroin in the southern business capital to traffic to Australia.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Agence France Presse, 23/04/2005)
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