US EditionChina executes French national convicted in 2010 for drug trafficking
France said it sought clemency for Chan Thao Phoumy, while Amnesty International says China executes thousands of people each year.
- On Saturday, Chinese authorities executed Chan Thao Phoumy, a 62-year-old French national, in Guangzhou despite France's humanitarian clemency appeals. France's Foreign Ministry announced the death, expressing "consternation" over the sentence.
- Chan had spent more than 15 years on death row after a Chinese court sentenced him for drug trafficking in 2010. The lengthy detention preceded the execution in the southern Chinese city.
- French officials claimed the defense was denied access to the final hearing, constituting a rights violation. The Foreign Ministry reaffirmed France's opposition to the death penalty "everywhere and in all circumstances".
- The Chinese Embassy in Paris stated that China treats defendants of all nationalities equally, adding that "cracking down on drug-related crime is a shared responsibility of all countries."
- Amnesty International reports China is the world's lead executioner, with thousands of annual deaths shrouded in secrecy. The execution underscores limits of diplomatic protection in capital cases.
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France said it was shocked after news of its citizen's execution in China.
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ProtothemaChina executes French citizen convicted of drug trafficking in 2010
France abolished death penalty by act of parliament in 1981
More than 20 years after his arrest, China has executed the death penalty against a Frenchman. France has tried to prevent the execution.
France Condemns China’s Execution of a French Citizen Held on Death Row for 15 Years
France said China has executed a French citizen convicted of drug trafficking after keeping him on death row for more than 15 years. Chan Thao Phoumy, 62, was executed in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, despite French authorities’ clemency appeals, the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement late Saturday. It didn’t say when the sentence was carried out. A Chinese court sentenced him to death in 2010.
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China executes Frenchman convicted in 2010 for drug trafficking
PARIS: A Frenchman sentenced to death in China in 2010 for drug trafficking has been executed, France's foreign ministry announced on Saturday (Apr 4), expressing its "consternation".Chan Thao Phoumy, a 62-year-old Frenchman born in Laos, was executed, "despite the efforts of the French authorities, including
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