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Three Japanese drug smugglers executed
By Wang Xiang |
April 9, 2010, Friday
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THREE convicted Japanese drug smugglers were executed in China this morning, the Supreme People's Court announced, three days after another Japanese national was put to death for the same offence.
The trio, Teruo Takeda, Hironori Ukai and Katsuo Mori, were executed in northeast China Liaoning Province after being convicted in 2007 in separate drug smuggling cases.
Forty-eight year old Ukai was arrested in Dalian City with 1.5 kilos of narcotics in September 2003, while 67-year old Mori was nabbed two months before that in Shenyang City when he tried to board a plane to Japan with 1.25 kilos of drugs.
Takeda, 67, bought about 5 kilograms of methamphetamine in 2003 and hired another Japanese to take them to Japan.
They were the second batch of Japanese citizens to be put to death this week, following the execution of 65-year-old drug dealer Mitsunobu Akano on Tuesday.
Akano was reported to be the first Japanese national to be put to death in China since 1972 when the two countries resumed diplomatic ties.
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Akano's execution was "regrettable" but hoped the move would not harm bilateral ties. Japan also has capital punishment but drug smuggling carries life imprisonment there.
The spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jiang Yu said China handled the cases "in strict accordance with the law" and had informed the Japanese government of the planned death sentence.
Other foreigners on death row include Tan Minglin, a Myanmar national considered the No.1 drug kingpin in the Golden Triangle area, and another international drug boss from Laos.
The trio, Teruo Takeda, Hironori Ukai and Katsuo Mori, were executed in northeast China Liaoning Province after being convicted in 2007 in separate drug smuggling cases.
Forty-eight year old Ukai was arrested in Dalian City with 1.5 kilos of narcotics in September 2003, while 67-year old Mori was nabbed two months before that in Shenyang City when he tried to board a plane to Japan with 1.25 kilos of drugs.
Takeda, 67, bought about 5 kilograms of methamphetamine in 2003 and hired another Japanese to take them to Japan.
They were the second batch of Japanese citizens to be put to death this week, following the execution of 65-year-old drug dealer Mitsunobu Akano on Tuesday.
Akano was reported to be the first Japanese national to be put to death in China since 1972 when the two countries resumed diplomatic ties.
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Akano's execution was "regrettable" but hoped the move would not harm bilateral ties. Japan also has capital punishment but drug smuggling carries life imprisonment there.
The spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jiang Yu said China handled the cases "in strict accordance with the law" and had informed the Japanese government of the planned death sentence.
Other foreigners on death row include Tan Minglin, a Myanmar national considered the No.1 drug kingpin in the Golden Triangle area, and another international drug boss from Laos.
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