In China for drug offences were executed ten people
BEIJING, 23 Feb — RIA Novosti. Court of the city of Shanwei in Guangdong province in southern China on Sunday sentenced to death ten defendants indicted for drug-related crimes, the sentence was powered in the same day, the statements of the court.
It is reported that the defendants were accused of production, trade and drug trafficking.
“After a public sentencing, sentenced under the escort was taken to the place of execution for the execution of the sentence” — it is told in the message of the court.
The death penalty in China is provided by several dozens of articles of the Criminal code, the vast majority of cases for drug trafficking.