Monday, 14 July 2008

Death for Taiwan drug traffickers

14/07/2008

VietNamNet Bridge – A local court in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on Friday sentenced two Taiwanese men to death for illegal drug trafficking in what it called a "particularly serious case".

The court found Lee Chih Wen, 35 and Wei Chun Lung, 43, guilty of forming an organised ring that trafficked drugs from Cambodia to HCM City and Taiwan.

The provincial court also sentenced Phan Thi Cam Tu, 32, to 20 years in prison and Huynh Thi Anh, 38, to 18 years' imprisonment on the same charges.

The court said that between May 12 and 21,2007, Huynh Thi Anh, Wei Chun Lung, Phan Thi Cam Tu and Lee Chil Wen illegally traded six packs of heroin with a total weight of 2.5105kg.

A Taiwanese man Lin Chao Hung, 52, and a Vietnamese Woman, Huynh Thi Thuy Em, 26, of Soc Trang Province, each received a three-year suspended jail term for "hiding criminals", the court said.

The two had hidden Lee Chih Wen in an undisclosed location in Sdc Trang Province.

(Source: Viet Nam News)

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