A Canadian citizen in China has been sentenced to death for transporting and manufacturing illegal substances, a Chinese court announced Friday.
The Intermediate People's Court of Foshan City in Guangdong Province said Ye Jianhui was given the death sentence for"for the crime of transporting and manufacturing drugs," according to a court statement released on Friday.Ye is the second Canadian national in two days to receive the death penalty for narcotics charges in China.
An associate, Wen Guanxiong, was sentenced to life imprisonment, according to court documents. Public security officers said they seized 120 kilograms of ketamine from their residences."China applies the death sentence with strict control," said Wang Wenbin, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign affairs responding to Xu's death sentence."Keeping the death sentence will deter serious criminals," Wang said on Thursday.
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