Pubdate: Wed, 27 Jun 2001
Source: New York Times (NY)
Copyright: 2001 The New York Times Company
Contact:  http://www.nytimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298
Author: Craig S. Smith

CHINA: 59 EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

China executed at least 59 people for drug trafficking on Monday and 
yesterday, the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse 
and Illicit Trafficking. Twenty were executed in Kunming, capital of 
Yunnan province, after a rally where the condemned were sentenced 
before thousands of people. China has put more than 1,000 people to 
death since April in a nationwide anticrime drive, according to 
Western diplomats tracking executions reported in the state media. 
Not all executions are announced.
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