Two drug traffickers gets death penalty in China

BEIJING - Two drug traffickers, including a Chinese French citizen, were sentenced to death Saturday for manufacturing, transporting and dealing large amount of crystal methamphetamine, known as “ice”, in south China’s Guangdong province.

Chan Thao Phoumy, a 47-year-old Chinese French, and Xie Weiming, also had their personal assets confiscated, Xinhua reported.

The two were part of a eight-member drug ring which had manufactured tons of ice drugs between 1999 and 2003 in Guangdong and central Henan province, a local court of Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong, heard.

Two other traffickers in the ring were sentenced to death but with a two-year reprieve.

Three others were jailed for life while one man was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.