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Communist Vietnam's secret death penalty conveyor belt: How country trails only China and Iran for 'astonishing' number of executions

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Prisoners are dragged from their cells at 4am without warning to be given a lethal injection Vietnam's use of the death penalty has been thrust into the spotlight after a real estate tycoon was on Thursday sentenced to be executed in one of the biggest corruption cases in the country's history. Truong My Lan, a businesswoman who chaired a sprawling company that developed luxury apartments, hotels, offices and shopping malls, was arrested in 2022.

2 sentenced to death for illegal drug manufacturing in China; drug mule sentenced to death

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2 people were sentenced to death and 71 others handed down different jail terms in China for illegal drug manufacturing.

The Intermediate People's Court of Guangzhou City, capital of Guangdong Province, ruled that Feng Guiquan, Li Yuxiong and Luo Songyao were found guilty of manufacturing methamphetamine from November 2010 to May 2011.

Police arrested them on May 8, 2011 and confiscated 70.28 kg of methamphetamine.

They also confiscated more than 620 kg of 0.24-% pure methamphetamine at Luo's house.

According to the court order, Feng was given the death penalty, Li was sentenced to death with a 2-year reprieve and Luo was sentenced to 15 years in jail and 200,000 yuan (USD 32,620) of his personal property was confiscated.

The People's Court and 12 other grassroots courts also pronounced judgements in 66 drug-related cases involving more than 740 kg of drugs.

73 people were sentenced for manufacturing, smuggling, selling or transporting drugs, and their sentences range from 6 months in jail to the death penalty, state-run Xinhua news agency reported today.

Source: Zee News, June 25, 2013


Court gives death penalty to drug mule

Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced a bus conductor to death with a reprieve Monday for transporting nearly 2 kilograms of methamphetamine from Jiangxi Province to Shanghai.

Yu Laifa, 31, from Jiangxi Province, was charged with the illegal transport of drugs after police found 1,999.76 grams of methamphetamine stashed on the long-distance bus he was riding on January 16, according to the court's verdict. Police made the discovery during a routine check at the Fengjing Inspection Station in Shanghai.

Yu worked for the company that operated the bus and knew its driver. Yu asked the driver to stop and pick him up in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, on the way from Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, to Shanghai, the court said.

Yu brought five bags of methamphetamine onto the bus, which he put in the locker under the driver's seat, according to the court.

Police detained Yu when they found the drugs.

The court sentenced Yu to death with a 2-year reprieve, meaning that it will postpone execution of the sentence for 2 years. If investigators determine that Yu hasn't committed other serious crimes, his sentence will be reduced to life in prison.

The court also seized all of Yu's personal assets.

Source: Global Times, June 25, 2013
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