July 27
VIETNAM:
6 get death penalty for drug offences in Vietnam
A court in northern Vietnam has handed the death penalty to 6 people for
trafficking nearly one tonne of heroin, a judicial official said
Wednesday.
8 other accomplices were sentenced to life imprisonment while another 8
were handed prison terms of up to 30 years following a 10-day court trial
in Phu Tho province, the official said.
They were charged with trafficking 954 kilograms (about 2,100 pounds) of
heroin and more than 300 kilograms of opium from neighbouring Laos to
Vietnam between 1999 and 2004.
Officials said it was the largest amount of heroin detected in a case so
far.
Vietnam has some of the world's toughest drug laws. Possession of 300
grams (10.5 ounces) or more of heroin or more than 10 kilograms of opium
carries a penalty of execution by firing squad.
So far this year at least 24 people have been executed and 77 have been
sentenced to death in Vietnam.
(source: Agence France Presse)
INDIA:
Jayakrishnan murder: HC confirms death penalty for 5 CPM workeala High
Court today confirmed the verdict of Sessions Court's death penalty of 5
culprits in the murder of Yuvamorcha leader Jayakrishnan.
The Division Bench consisting of Justice K. Padmanabhan Nair and V.
Ramkumar rejected the appeal of the culprits over the lower court verdict.
High Court also rejected the Government appeal to give punishment to the
acquitted 5th culprit in the case by the lower court.
High Court in its verdict clears the culprits can undergo the death
penalty and punishment in the same time span.
(source: Kerala Online)
