VIETNAM. BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH ON HEROIN CHARGES
former director of the Trans-Continent Company, Phan Trieu Phu, was sentenced to death in Vietnam on charges of "trafficking illegal drugs".
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former director of the Trans-Continent Company, Phan Trieu Phu, was sentenced to death in Vietnam on charges of "trafficking illegal drugs".
The Ho Chi Minh City court handed down a life sentence to his accomplice Dam Cam Vi, who was caught red-handed possessing six cakes of heroin weighing almost 2.1 kg on 29 August 2004 outside of the Thuan Kieu Plaza.
Phu and Vi were found guilty of trafficking heroin for a Chinese citizen named Co, who paid them 4,000 US dollars for each delivery. They had opened the Trans-Continent Company based at 68 Co Giang Street, District 1, HCM City for cross-border trading.
The Ho Chi Minh City court handed down a life sentence to his accomplice Dam Cam Vi, who was caught red-handed possessing six cakes of heroin weighing almost 2.1 kg on 29 August 2004 outside of the Thuan Kieu Plaza.
Phu and Vi were found guilty of trafficking heroin for a Chinese citizen named Co, who paid them 4,000 US dollars for each delivery. They had opened the Trans-Continent Company based at 68 Co Giang Street, District 1, HCM City for cross-border trading.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Voice of Vietnam via BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific, 30/04/2005)
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