7 drug traffickers sentenced to death

时间：2007-06-27 00:34:04

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Beijing, June 26 - The Supreme1 People's Court (SPC) on Monday announced its approval of the death penalty for seven drug traffickers, a day before the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit2 Trafficking.

 

Gao Guijun, presiding judge of the Fifth Criminal Court under the Supreme People's Court, said that since the SPC took back the power of review over the death penalty on Jan. 1, the SPC had strictly3 examined death penalty cases involving drug trafficking.

 

"Our approval of the death penalty regarding drug trafficking could stand the test of history," said Gao.

 

Ni Shouming, the SPC's spokesman, reiterated4 the court's resolute5 stance on fighting drug trafficking, saying the court would show no leniency6 in handing down heavy penalties to the kingpins of drug trafficking gangs and those who participate in cross-border drug crimes.

 

Three principals of a cross-border drug crime, Yan Hanlong, Li Zibin and Xiong Shiwei, were sentenced to death for the "extremely huge amount" of 42 kilograms of heroin7 they smuggled8 from Myanmar, according to the SPC statement.

 

Wang Guangyou was sentenced to death for organizing heroin trafficking that "caused a great harm to society", according to the SPC after it reviewed the death sentence issued by the Higher People's Court of Guizhou Province in southwest China.

 

Wang organized villagers in Guizhou to transport 806 grams of heroin from Kunming, southwest Yunnan Province. Police found five villagers, who tried to evade9 police inspection10 at train stations, had hidden the drugs internally.

 

Also sentenced to death was Zhang Hong'an, who had long been engaged in cross-border drug crimes as the leader of a trafficking gang, an SPC statement said.

 

The other two death penalties were given to Long Congbin, who had served imprisonment11 for drug trafficking before his latest conviction, and Guo Shichen, who was sentenced to death for trade of new types of drugs such as ecstasy12 and "magu", a Thai word for a stimulant13 drug that is a combination of methamphetamine and caffeine.

 

The SPC said Guo's trade of "magu" amounted to 1,275 grams, well above the standard for a death sentence.

 

Chinese Customs had seized 229 kilograms of heroin and detained 180 drug trafficking suspects by June 15 this year, according to the General Administration of Customs.

 

A drug control official earlier said customs officers had investigated 165 drug trafficking cases, up 81 percent from the same period last year.

 

Although there was a decline in cases involving large amounts of drugs, smugglers are "breaking up their caches into smaller parts", said the official.

 

In the most recent case, the drug smugglers had pretended to be tourists and had drugs in their luggage, said the official.

 

The Ministry14 of Public Security has announced major breakthroughs in the fight against drugs in the first half of the year with rings broken in east China's Shanghai and Zhejiang, the southern province of Guangdong, southwest Sichuan and Yunnan, and northwest Gansu and Ningxia.

 

The official said Chinese customs had strengthened cooperation with foreign customs agencies to fight drug smuggling15.

 

In April, Customs invited experts from the U.S., Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Thailand and Hong Kong to discuss future joint16 action to combat cross-border drug crimes.

 

Statistics from the SPC show that from January 2006 to May 2007, China's courts received 49,270 cases regarding drug crimes, handled 47,113 and convicted 55,671 criminals. Among them, 21,223 criminals, or 38 percent, were given "heavy penalties", including the death penalty, life imprisonment and more than five years in prison.

 

State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Zhou Yongkang earlier this month called for reinforced efforts to strengthen achievements in fighting heroin and curbing17 the spread of new types of drugs such as ecstasy and "ice".

 

"Effective measures should be taken to prevent poisonous chemicals, clinical narcotics18 and mental illness drugs from finding their way into illegal channels," said Zhou, also director of China's National Narcotics Control Commission.

 
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1 supreme PHqzc     
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
参考例句：
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
2 illicit By8yN     
adj.非法的，禁止的，不正当的
参考例句：
  • He had an illicit association with Jane.他和简曾有过不正当关系。
  • Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year.今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。
3 strictly GtNwe     
adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地
参考例句：
  • His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
  • The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。
4 reiterated d9580be532fe69f8451c32061126606b     
反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。
5 resolute 2sCyu     
adj.坚决的，果敢的
参考例句：
  • He was resolute in carrying out his plan.他坚决地实行他的计划。
  • The Egyptians offered resolute resistance to the aggressors.埃及人对侵略者作出坚决的反抗。
6 leniency I9EzM     
n.宽大（不严厉）
参考例句：
  • udges are advised to show greater leniency towards first-time offenders.建议法官对初犯者宽大处理。
  • Police offer leniency to criminals in return for information.警方给罪犯宽大处理以换取情报。
7 heroin IrSzHX     
n.海洛因
参考例句：
  • Customs have made their biggest ever seizure of heroin.海关查获了有史以来最大的一批海洛因。
  • Heroin has been smuggled out by sea.海洛因已从海上偷运出境。
8 smuggled 3cb7c6ce5d6ead3b1e56eeccdabf595b     
水货
参考例句：
  • The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。 来自互联网
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vt.逃避，回避；避开，躲避
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  • He tried to evade the embarrassing question.他企图回避这令人难堪的问题。
  • You are in charge of the job.How could you evade the issue?你是负责人，你怎么能对这个问题不置可否？
10 inspection y6TxG     
n.检查，审查，检阅
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  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
  • The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
11 imprisonment I9Uxk     
n.关押，监禁，坐牢
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  • His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
  • He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for committing bigamy.他因为犯重婚罪被判入狱一年。
12 ecstasy 9kJzY     
n.狂喜，心醉神怡，入迷
参考例句：
  • He listened to the music with ecstasy.他听音乐听得入了神。
  • Speechless with ecstasy,the little boys gazed at the toys.小孩注视着那些玩具，高兴得说不出话来。
13 stimulant fFKy4     
n.刺激物，兴奋剂
参考例句：
  • It is used in medicine for its stimulant quality.由于它有兴奋剂的特性而被应用于医学。
  • Musk is used for perfume and stimulant.麝香可以用作香料和兴奋剂。
14 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
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  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
15 smuggling xx8wQ     
n.走私
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  • Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
  • The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。
16 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
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  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
17 curbing 8c36e8e7e184a75aca623e404655efad     
n.边石，边石的材料v.限制，克制，抑制( curb的现在分词 )
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  • Progress has been made in curbing inflation. 在控制通货膨胀方面已取得了进展。
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18 narcotics 6c5fe7d3dc96f0626f1c875799f8ddb1     
n.麻醉药( narcotic的名词复数 )；毒品；毒
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  • The use of narcotics by teenagers is a problem in many countries. 青少年服用麻醉药在许多国家中都是一个问题。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Police shook down the club, looking for narcotics. 警方彻底搜查了这个俱乐部，寻找麻醉品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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