Criminal drug cases see 16.5% increase
Source: Xinhua |
June 25, 2010, Friday
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CHINESE courts handled 50,928 drug-related criminal cases last year, up 16.5 percent from the year before, the Supreme People's Court said yesterday ahead of the annual international anti-drugs day.
More than 56,000 people were convicted in the cases. About 31 percent of them, or 17,462 convicts, received severe penalties ranging from five years imprisonment to capital punishment, an increase of 8.8 percent year-on-year, and the proportion was 14.81 percentage points higher than the average rate of severe penalties in all criminal cases last year, according to the supreme court.
The International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking falls tomorrow, and police have started publicly destroying drugs nationwide.
Sun Jungong, spokesman of the Supreme People's Court, said most drugs seized last year had come from outside the country and mainly from the Golden Triangle, the border region of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos.
Almost 59 percent of drugs seized last year were traditional types including heroin and opium, a decrease of 7 percent year on year.
More than 56,000 people were convicted in the cases. About 31 percent of them, or 17,462 convicts, received severe penalties ranging from five years imprisonment to capital punishment, an increase of 8.8 percent year-on-year, and the proportion was 14.81 percentage points higher than the average rate of severe penalties in all criminal cases last year, according to the supreme court.
The International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking falls tomorrow, and police have started publicly destroying drugs nationwide.
Sun Jungong, spokesman of the Supreme People's Court, said most drugs seized last year had come from outside the country and mainly from the Golden Triangle, the border region of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos.
Almost 59 percent of drugs seized last year were traditional types including heroin and opium, a decrease of 7 percent year on year.
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