China executes 2 Koreans for drug trafficking

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China executes 2 Koreans for drug trafficking
Shin Hyon-heeThe Korea Herald/Asia News Network

SEOUL: -- Two South Korean citizens were executed for drug trafficking in China on Wednesday, Seoul officials said.

Two men, aged 53 and 45 and surnamed Kim and Baek respectively, were arrested in the northeastern province of Jilin in April 2011. Kim was convicted of smuggling 14.8 kilograms of methamphetamine on 14 occasions from 2010-11 and selling 12.3 kilograms of the drug to Baek, who resold it to South Korean cartels.

The other person, a 56-year-old identified only by his surname Chang, is reported to be awaiting execution. Chang was arrested in May 2009 for illicitly bringing 11.5 kilograms of the substance into the eastern coastal province of Shandong, transporting and selling it.

All three appealed to higher courts, which upheld the original rulings.

The execution marks the first death of a South Korean drug smuggler since 2001. In 2004, another man was executed after being convicted of murder.

Full story: http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/china-executes-2-koreans-drug-trafficking

-- asiaone 2014-08-07
 

[mrfill]

Not much chance of finding who the mysterious 'Korean cartel' is now then. Dead men don't respond well to questioning and make even worse court witnesses.

A couple of small time players disposed of to protect those further up the food chain. Yes, well done China.

[SouthernMan3]

At least it will make others of their ilk think twice.

I'm all for stopping this insidious drug whenever and wherever possible.

 

Murder and rape should be the same IMHO 

 

[timmyp]

Chinese don't muck around.  After the execution they send a bill for the bullet to the family.

 

And then they sell the organs of the deceased... 

 

If admitting to what you are accused of still gets you the death penalty, I would just deny everything. Nothing to lose, right?

Honestly a death sentence seems preferable to living in a Chinese prison for 20 years... 

Edited August 7, 2014 by timmyp

[Deacon Bell]

The last meal request of the prison guard dog didn't go down too well.

[Pattszero]

Not much chance of finding who the mysterious 'Korean cartel' is now then. Dead men don't respond well to questioning and make even worse court witnesses.

A couple of small time players disposed of to protect those further up the food chain. Yes, well done China.

 

You can be sure that China pumped them for every bit of info they had.  

 

China and prisoner rights are strangers.  

[andypatt]

Well done China, the rest of the world should take note and show these drug smuggling, death dealing vermin no mercy

[hawker9000]

Am surprised the executions took China this long.   ('Arrested in April 2011.)

[ezzra]

Thailand/junta, take a leaf out of the Chinese handling such cases, and maybe would be criminals

will think twice before committing crimes...

[jobin]

Well, the only thing is that when the commie politicians decide that you are guilty, no facts of the matter will deter the sentence.  The 'boss' rules every judge. 

[poweratradio]

Loved the comments in this thread making me feel the writers had personal drug demons and crosses to bear or is it bare.

[Strangebrew]

Don't do the crime if you don't have death wish.

[Deacon Bell]

Thailand/junta, take a leaf out of the Chinese handling such cases, and maybe would be criminals

will think twice before committing crimes...

 

Thais think twice about their actions?!

 

It would take more than the threat of death for that to happen.