A southern China court sentences a former Japanese politician to life in prison in a drug trafficking case. Another man from the African nation of Mali was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve and a man from Guinea was also given a life sentence.
This undated photos shows Takuma Sakuragi. A court in southern China has sentenced the former Japanese politician to life in prison in a five-year-old drug trafficking case. Sakuragi was detained in 2013 when found carrying about 3.3 kilograms of illegal stimulants in his luggage, according to Japanese news reports.
A Malian man was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve and a man from Guinea received a life sentence for “packing and delivering” the suitcase, according to the Guangzhou City First Intermediate Court that handled the case. Sakuragi, 76, is a former city assemblyman from central Japan’s Aichi. Chinese law exempts people over 75 from the death penalty, which is often imposed for drug-related offenses.
According to Chen, the Malian defendant who was sentenced to death had been spotted on camera filling the suitcase. The other defendant’s fingerprints were found in the suitcase and methamphetamine was found at their residence, according to the Sakuragi’s lawyer.
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