Japanese criminal awaits execution
By Li Xinran |
April 1, 2010, Thursday
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A JAPANESE man convicted of drug smuggling is awaiting execution, the first citizen from Japan to be executed in China in decades.
The execution could be as early as Monday, media reports said.
The man was arrested in September 2006 for attempting to smuggle stimulant drugs totaling about 2.5 kilograms from Dalian in Liaoning Province to Japan.
In 2009, the Liaoning Higher People's Court finalized a death sentence for the man by dismissing his appeal. He was sentenced to death by a lower court in June 2008.
Including this man, there are now four Japanese nationals sentenced to death without reprieve in China. All four men were involved in drug trafficking cases.
Smuggling drugs constitutes a serious crime in China. The penal code states offenders convicted of smuggling drugs exceeding 50 grams face sentences of 15 years in jail, life imprisonment or death.
China has notified Japan that one of its citizens will be executed, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qing Gang said on Tuesday. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano said the administration will convey its "concern" over the case to China.
The execution could be as early as Monday, media reports said.
The man was arrested in September 2006 for attempting to smuggle stimulant drugs totaling about 2.5 kilograms from Dalian in Liaoning Province to Japan.
In 2009, the Liaoning Higher People's Court finalized a death sentence for the man by dismissing his appeal. He was sentenced to death by a lower court in June 2008.
Including this man, there are now four Japanese nationals sentenced to death without reprieve in China. All four men were involved in drug trafficking cases.
Smuggling drugs constitutes a serious crime in China. The penal code states offenders convicted of smuggling drugs exceeding 50 grams face sentences of 15 years in jail, life imprisonment or death.
China has notified Japan that one of its citizens will be executed, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qing Gang said on Tuesday. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano said the administration will convey its "concern" over the case to China.
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