CHINA-CANADA: CANADIAN AND US CITIZENS SENTENCED TO DEATH BY CHINESE COURT FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
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CNN reported (April 30) that China's Jiangmen Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong province on April 30, sentenced a Canadian, whose name is translated as Fan Wei and a US national Mark Swidan, to death in China for producing and trafficking a large amount of methamphetamine. This is the second time a Canadian citizen has been sentenced to death on drug charges in China this year. A total of 11 people were sentenced at the hearing, including one American and four Mexican citizens but only the Canadian and a Chinese national, Wu Ziping, received the death penalty.
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