US EditionFrance condemns China’s execution of a French citizen held on death row for 15 years
France said Chan Thao Phoumy, 62, was on death row for more than 15 years and denied access to the final court hearing, officials said.
- On Saturday, France confirmed that China executed French citizen Chan Thao Phoumy, 62, in Guangzhou for drug trafficking after he spent more than 15 years on death row despite clemency appeals.
- A Chinese court originally sentenced Chan to death in 2010, while France abolished the death penalty in 1981 and remains a vigorous campaigner against its global use.
- Amnesty International reports that China is the world's leading executioner, putting thousands to death annually through firing squads or lethal injections in processes shrouded in secrecy.
- The French Foreign Ministry expressed "consternation" over the case, stating, "We particularly regret that Mr. Chan's defense did not have access to the final court hearing," which they called a rights violation.
- In a statement Sunday, the Chinese Embassy in Paris asserted that China treats defendants of all nationalities equally and handles all cases impartially and strictly in accordance with the law.
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France Condemns China’s Execution of French National Over Drug Conviction
The French government has voiced its consternation over Beijing’s execution of a French national who had been held in a Chinese prison for more than 20 years following his conviction of drug-related crimes. Chinese authorities had executed Chan Thao Phoumy, a 62-year-old French national who was sentenced to death in 2010 for drug trafficking, the French Foreign Ministry said in an April 4 statement on its website. The French government had asked…
The 62-year-old citizen born in Laos was executed "in spite of the mobilisation of the French authorities, including to obtain a decision of clemency, for humanitarian reasons.
A 62-year-old Frenchman, sentenced to death for drug trafficking, was executed in China despite the diplomatic efforts of Paris. France denounces a violation of the rights of the defence and reaffirms its
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