£CHINA @Death Penalty Log: July to December 1994
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£CHINA @death penalty log: july to december 1994 2 The table overleaf lists the following (from left to right): the sources and dates of the reports (when known); the date of the reported death sentences (DS) or executions (EX) (when known); the province or city where the sentences were imposed or carried out (when known); the names (when known) or numbers of the alleged offenders; the alleged criminal offences for which the death sentences were imposed (when known); the number of death sentences imposed without stay of execution; the number of executions actually carried out; the number of death sentences imposed with a two-year stay of execution (2y); other information when available, including the number of death sentences, executions and two-year reprieve cases for each month. Abbreviations used in the table: 3 DS number of death sentences pronounced without a stay of execution EX number of executions reported to have been carried out 2y number of death sentences with a 2-year stay of execution Source of Report SWB BBC Summary of World Broadcasts (U.K. publication) SCMP South China Morning Post (Hong Kong daily newspaper) FBIS Foreign Broadcast Information Service (U.S. publication) AFP Agence France Presse AP Associated Press UPI United Press International TIN Tibet Information Network (U.K.) CNS China News Service (Chinese State News Agency) Xinhua New China News Agency (Chinese State News Agency) PBS People's Broadcasting Station (Chinese State radio service) Alleged Crime T theft Rob robbery M murder R rape V violence D drug trafficking K kidnapping Porn pornography P prostitution/pimping C corruption E embezzlement S slave trade G gun running B blackmail Place C city Co county P province AR autonomous region HK Hong Kong approx. approximately Note: a small c appearing before a date indicates that the date is approximate a question mark before a name or number indicates that the name or number may be inaccurate. 4 JULY - DECEMBER 1994 SOURCE OF REPORT DATE PLACE NAME ALLEGED DS EX 2y other information CRIME SWB 16.8.94 ? July Shanxi P Zhu Baoliang M,Rob,R 1 1 Shanxi Daily 21.7 He Xiaolei M,Rob,R 1 1 Bai Xuefeng M,Rob,R 1 1 FBIS 21.7.94 4 July Anhui P Jia Sifa M 1 1 Anhui Daily 6.7 FBIS 5.7.94 4 July Beijing Guo Ziwen (manager) C 1 1 Xinhua 4.7 Hu Cong (cadre) C 1 1 SWB 11.8.94 5 July Guangzhou C, Liao Wujun Rob,M,T 1 1 Xinhua 5.7 Guangdong P + 10 Rob,M,T 10 10 SWB 11.8.94 5 July Haikou C, 7 K,G,Rob 7 7 Xinhua 5.7 Hainan P Radio Lhasa broadcast cJuly Chamdo C, Aten M 1 1 6.7.94, monitored by an Tibet AR unofficial tibetan exile source Legal Daily 11.7.94 6 July Henan P Xi Liangqin E 1 1 Gu Dejing E 1 1 Huang Wenling E 1 1 Liu Shufang E 1 1 Yan Guomin E 1 1 FBIS 21.7.94 7 July Shanghai Tan Longru (manager) M 1 1 FBIS 11.7.94 7 July Shanghai Ni Desheng (salesman) E 1 1 Ni Desheng, a former Xinhua 11.7 salesman at a Yuandong refrigerator plant, was accused of having embezzled payments for goods worth approx. US$ 18,800. 5 SOURCE OF REPORT DATE PLACE NAME ALLEGED DS EX 2y other information CRIME SWB 16.8.94 early July Ningxia AR 13 D 13 4 9 Ningxia Daily 12.7 SWB 16.8.94 13 July Hainan P Yang Yaqi M 1 1 Hainan Daily 14.7 Cai Jiahong M 1 1 Chen Ming ? 1 1 Chen Sandi ? 1 1 + 2 ? 2 2 FBIS 14.7.94 13 July Shenyang C, Gao Wenting "jeopardized 1 1 Liaoning PBS 13.7 Liaoning P Zhao Xinyan public security" 1 1 SWB 16.7.94 14 July Harbin C, Deng Yucai M,T 1 1 The three prisoners were Xinhua 14.7 Heilongjiang P Yu Min T 1 1 accused of stealing and Sui Guohua T 1 1 selling tax invoices from a county tax office. Commenting on the case the vice-president of the Supreme People's Court said that such crimes as forging, selling and stealing bills endangered the "normal operation of the socialist market economy" and "must be dealt with seriously". Legal Daily 15.7.94 c15 July Henan P Ji Zaiheng E 1 1 SWB 16.8.94 15 July Shaanxi P Miao Jinhu R 1 Shaanxi Daily 17.8 FBIS 1.8.94 16 July Hohhot C, Li Zhefeng ? 1 1 Inner Mongolia Daily 17.7 Inner Mongolia Wang Wancheng (peasant) Rob 1 1 AR Li Qingxiang (peasant) Rob 1 1 Zhang Jiaoyun (unemployed) M, arson 1 1 Gao Yanwu (peasant) Shen Yajun (peasant) M,Rob 1 1 Wang Guangzhen M,Rob 1 1 ? 1 1 6 SOURCE OF REPORT DATE PLACE NAME ALLEGED DS EX 2y other information CRIME FBIS 3.8.94 20 July Wuhan C, Zhou Yong E 1 1 Hubei P SWB 16.8.94 21 July Xian C, Zhao Ximing (cashier) E 1 Shaanxi Daily 21.7 Shaanxi P SWB 1.8.94 c22 July Shanghai Jiang Xueyong Rob,R,M 1 Shanghai PBS 22.7 Ye Minjun Rob,R,M 1 Zhang Xiaowu Rob,R,M 1 Niu Huai V 1 1 Yang Zhijin V 1 1 AFP 22.7.94 c22 July Shanghai Deng Lisheng D 1 Feng Rongxing D 1 1 + 1 female D 1 1 SWB 12.8.94 22 July Gansu P Mu Wenkui M 1 1 Gansu Daily 24.7 Liang Guixiang M 1 1 Mu Fushou M 1 1 Mu Fucheng M 1 1 Mu Baoyun M 1 1 FBIS 3.8.94 c25 July Guangxi AR Tang Maorong (director) C 1 1 Tang Maorong is said to Xinhua 26.7 Huang Shengfu (cadre) C 1 1 have extorted money from Wu Baojing C 1 1 construction companies, Chen Huiyuan C 1 1 accepted bribes on 13 Zhou Yuhua C 1 1 occasions, embezzled Zhou Jing C 1 1 approx US$ 1200 and made illegal profits of US$ 3000 by selling goods. Huang Shenfu, a cadre with the Nanning Aviation Company, was accused of having taken advantage of his position to collect money from 101 households in return for transferring their relatives from rural to urban areas. 7 SOURCE OF REPORT DATE PLACE NAME ALLEGED DS EX 2y other information CRIME Legal Daily 25.7.94 24 July Shandong P Guan Shengwu "assaulting a 1 1 Liu Jianfeng police officer" 1 1 SWB 16.8.94 28 July Guangzhou C, 6 D,Rob,T 6 6 Xinhua 28.7 Guangdong P FBIS 3.8.94 28 July Shanghai 20 car theft 20 12 8 These prisoners were among many sentenced to death in Shanghai in June and July, according to an official radio broadcast, "with a view to maintaining public order during summer and safeguarding residents' personal safety and property rights". FBIS 3.8.94 28 July Fujian P Zhang Jianping E 1 1 Fujian PBS 28.7 FBIS 29.7.94 28 July Guangzhou C, Luo Rulong E 1 1 Luo Rulong reportetly Legal Daily 29.7 Guangdong P embezzled US$ 89,000 to finance his gambling habit. He was sentenced to death by Guangzhou Intermediate Court on 6th December 92, and the Supreme Court now ratified the sentence. Reuters 29.7.94 28 July Guangzhou C, 7 D,M,Rob,T 7 7 Guangdong P FBIS 9.9.94 28 July Dali C, Yang Jin (policeman) D 1 1 Yang Jin was sentenced to Yunnan P death in April 1992 by the Dali Intermediate Court. Yang Jin logded an appeal. The Supreme Court upheld the death sentence. 8 SOURCE OF REPORT DATE PLACE NAME ALLEGED DS EX 2y other information CRIME FBIS 14.9.94 28 July Taiyuan C, Yan Hongjun ? 1 Shanxi Daily 11.8 Shanxi P Zhu Jianzhong M,Rob 1 Du Tanguo ? 1 FBIS 1.8.94 28 July Shanghai 21 train robbery 21 12 AFP 1.8 FBIS 11.8.94 June - July Shanghai 55 M,Rob,T 55 22 Shanghai PBS states that in Shanghai PBS 9.8 June and July 105 people were sentenced to death (30 of them with a two year reprieve). Approximately 50 (8 with a two year reprieve) of them are already listed in this log and the log for the first six month of 1994, and are subtracted from the total number. Reuters 29.7.94 c29 July Shenzhen C, Liu Jianyi E 1 1 Guangdong P July totals: DS- 204 Ex- 99 2y- 54 FBIS 25.8.94 1 August Tieling C, Fu Changhua (electrician) M 1 Liaoning Daily 14.8 Liaoning P China Focus 1.8.94 c1 August Guangdong P Yang Mingji (chief of an smuggling 1 1 Yang Mingji, the leader of Rushan C, anti-smuggling team) cigarettes into an anti-smuggling team in Shandong P Liu Qishan (director) China 1 1 Guangdong Province, was Fan Zhanwu (comissionar of 1 1 accused of having smuggled the Rushan City Bureau of 1 1 2300 cases of cigarettes Frontier Guards) (worth US$ approx. Liu Ning 590,000) from Macao into China. The Supreme Court in 9 SOURCE OF REPORT DATE PLACE NAME ALLEGED DS EX 2y other information CRIME Beijing approved the death sentenced for Yang Mingji, as well as for the other 3 officials, that were involved in smuggling cigarettes in Shandong Province. FBIS 17.8.94 3 August Shenzhen C, Yu Qiang (cadre) C 1 Guangdong P FBIS 19.8.94 4 August Beijing Wen Fengjun G,Rob 1 Beijing Daily 5.8 Li Chunyou G,Rob 1 Zhang Baochang G,Rob 1 FBIS 17.8.94 5 August Beihai C, Zhang Guosong (manager) E 1 Xinhua 6.8 Guangxi AR SWB 24.10.94 5 August Pucheng C, Hu Gangqiang T 1 Shanxi Daily 9.8 Shanxi P Wang Jinzhong T 1 Fan Guangrui T 1 Li Shangqiang M 1 Yan Ming M 1 FBIS 8.8.94 c5 August Shanghai Chen Hongsheng (company E 1 Shanghai PBS 5.8 manager) Legal Daily 8.8.94 7 August Hebei P Su Guoquan Rob 1 1 Zhang Changshan M 1 1 Guo Shizhong ? 1 1 Zhang Weigen ? 1 1 + 5 ? 5 5 FBIS 24.8.94 9 August Beijing 8 M,R,T 8 8 Beijing Daily 10.8 FBIS 17.8.94 9 August Guangzhou C, Chen Haifeng Rob,M 1 1 Guangdong PBS 9.8 Guangdong P + 14 Rob,M 14 14 SWB 12.8.94 9 August Tianjin Guo Shengyu Rob 1 Tianjin PBS 9.8 Zhao Lianqi M 1 Li Jing Rob,M 1 10 SOURCE OF REPORT DATE PLACE NAME ALLEGED DS EX 2y other information CRIME Wang Daming V 1 Yang Lianhong Rob 1 + 3 M,Rob 3 AP 10.8.94 9 August Henan P 2 (peasants) T 2 2 According to the Peasants Peasants Daily Daily, the two men were executed on 52 counts of stealing international telecommunication lines.