An Australian national has been sentenced to death in China for drug trafficking, in a ruling that could further inflame tensions between Beijing ...
BEIJING: An Australian national has been sentenced to death in China for drug trafficking, in a ruling that could further inflame tensions between Beijing and Canberra.
The man, named in Chinese pinyin as"Kamu Jielaisibi" and identified by Australian media as Cam Gillespie, was handed the death penalty by Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court on Wednesday, according to a notice posted on the court website.The notice revealed no details about the defendant besides his Australian nationality.
According to Chinese media, the man was arrested at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, northwest of Hong Kong, in December 2013 with more than 7.5kg of methamphetamine in his checked luggage. China is Australia's largest trading partner, as well as a major source of lucrative international students and tourists.
But relations have been troubled in recent years and worsened after China reacted furiously to Australia's call for an independent probe into the origins of the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
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