Pubdate: Mon, 03 Jul 2006
Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC)
Copyright: 2006 The Vancouver Sun
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/
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Author: Sun News Services

DEALERS PAY THE PRICE

While International Anti-Drug Day last week was marked in the West by 
much hand-wringing over the evils of addictive chemical substances, 
the Chinese authorities addressed the day in far more robust fashion. 
Several drug dealers were taken out to execution grounds and shot. 
Just how many convicted drugs traffickers and producers got a bullet 
in the back of the head in honour of the day is difficult to say. The 
government-controlled China Daily online newspaper contains reports 
indicating there were executions in several provinces, but it is 
impossible to know if these reports tell the full story. One article 
said in Shanghai 1,300 people were invited to a university sports 
stadium to witness the conclusion of the trial of three drug 
traffickers who "were taken to an undisclosed location in the suburbs 
to be shot immediately after they were sentenced."
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