国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

China / Society

Members of drug gang change pleas

By Zhang Yan in Beijing and Guo Anfei in Kunming (China Daily) Updated: 2012-12-21 01:19

"We suggest the higher court reject their appeal for lenient sentences and uphold the previous verdict," the Yunnan provincial prosecuting department said at the hearing on Thursday.

In November, during the trial in Kunming, Naw Kham and the other gang members initially denied plotting the sailors' murders, but changed their pleas to guilty near the end of the trial and asked for lenient sentences.

They were charged with intentional homicide, kidnapping, transporting drugs and hijacking cargo ships, or a combination of those offenses. The court ordered them to compensate the victims' families 6 million yuan ($963,000).

Because of his guilty plea, Naw Kham did not expect to receive the death sentence, said Lin Li, his lawyer.

"He is willing to sell his private property for 6 million yuan to compensate the victims' families, and I think it's better to combine punishment with education, and give a lenient sentence," Lin said.

Yang Duoxu, the wife of Wang Guichao, one of the murdered sailors, said she hopes more arrests will be made.

"I really hope Chinese authorities will soon arrest the nine Thai soldiers who were involved," Yang said.

"I feel like the sky is falling, and I am caught in a living death," she said.

"My husband and I had been working on the cargo ship for more than 10 years. He earned 5,000 yuan a month, and I was a cook earning 3,000 yuan a month. Now I don't have the money to support my three children."

Nie Tao, director of the legal department under the Yunnan Public Security Bureau, said they are working to bring the Thai soldiers to justice.

"Thai police and prosecuting departments are stepping up efforts to speed up the legal processing of the nine Thai soldiers who colluded with Naw Kham's gang to plot the murder," Nie said.

"We are intensifying judicial operations with Thai police, and providing them with the evidence of the Thai soldiers' crimes," he said.

The gang's denial of the murders is aimed at delaying their execution, according to Hong Daode, law professor at China University of Political Science and Law.

"If sentenced to death, the local courts will refer the sentence to the Supreme People's Court for review, and after approval, it will be carried out," Hong said.

"There is no question the court should sentence them to death," he said. "The six criminals, headed by Naw Kham, used cruel means to illegally deprive other people's lives, and the consequences were serious."

Contact the writers at Zhangyan1@chinadaily.com.cn and guoanfei@chinadaily.com.cn

 

Previous Page 1 2 Next Page

Highlights
Hot Topics

...
宝丰县| 中江县| 海原县| 通州区| 化德县| 大厂| 阿勒泰市| 三都| 泸定县| 鹿邑县| 勃利县| 元朗区| 玉树县| 武冈市| 昌图县| 昌宁县| 竹山县| 游戏| 蓬安县| 彰武县| 普安县| 厦门市| 托克逊县| 正阳县| 棋牌| 新郑市| 海原县| 富锦市| 南溪县| 柳林县| 上林县| 阿合奇县| 绵阳市| 东乡| 安义县| 资中县| 繁峙县| 湘阴县| 林芝县| 辛集市| 含山县|