A court in China has ordered two convicted drug dealers to be executed immediately during an open trial this week. According to the Hainan Intermediate People's Court, Mr Lin and Mr Li carried out drug trafficking between March and April in 2015. The Hainan Intermediate Court also gave a suspended death sentence with a two-year reprieve to four more criminals. Elsewhere in China, the Wuhan Intermedia People's Court sentenced 18 criminals in relations to 13 drug-dealing cases between Monday and Wednesday, according to state media China News. On Wednesday, four drug dealers were handed capital punishment by the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong.

Source: Daily Mail June 26, 2020 11:14 UTC