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A Nigerian man charged with drug trafficking in Dongguan was found guilty and sentenced to death yesterday, reports today's Dongguan Times.
Both Osonwa Okey Noberts and his girlfriend, Zhang Dongxiang, received the death penalty for selling heroin to Chinese drug dealers, who were also on trial yesterday. According to China's criminal law, trafficking of more than 50 grams of heroin can receive death penalty; police established that Noberts and Zhang had sold 5,978.1 grams and 5,091.1 grams, respectively.
Zhang confessed that Noberts had brought the drugs into China to supply lower-tier drug dealers. According to the report, this is the first case in Dongguan in which a foreigner was sentenced to death.
The paper included a few snippets of the courtroom scene, including Noberts's refusal to sign the sentencing document, Zhang's protests that she didn't know about the drugs at all, and her mother's reaction to the verdict:
Scene 2: Crying
Judge: (bangs the gavel forcefully): Court adjourned.
(At this point, the gallery is awash in tears.)
Zhang Dongxiang: (Suddenly turns around and shouts toward the gallery) Mom!
Mother: (through thick tears): Dongxiang.
(Zhang Dongxiang grips the railing with her manacled hands. She cries loudly, unwilling to leave.)
Mother: Do as they say.
(Zhang Dongxiang is led away by the bailiffs.)
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Little harsh, no? especially considering that dongguan is like the prostitution capital of the world and is backed by the gov. -_-;
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wow, that is really really harsh imo. 
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I don't think it's very harsh at all.
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How do they know he's not actually a Nigerian prince that can give them 25 million dollars if they only transfer $20,000 as an insurance so the account isn't shut down?
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Yeah it's harsh but not at all surprising considering it's China.
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It's China, they kill people there for all kinds of reasons.
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On June 25 2009 01:56 ghostWriter wrote:
How do they know he's not actually a Nigerian prince that can give them 25 million dollars if they only transfer $20,000 as an insurance so the account isn't shut down?
rofl
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Hey.. He knew the risk when he got into that business. I can't feel bad for him
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On June 25 2009 02:01 Integra wrote:
It's China, they kill people there for all kinds of reasons.
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Just in case some people are wondering why the Nigerian government isn't doing anything, it's because they can't.
There was a similar case in Canada of a Vietnamese-Canadian guy smuggling drugs into Singapore or some South East Asian country and he was also killed by the death penalty there, even though Canada pleaded (barely..) for his release.
The other country's response was something like, "We respect your country's laws so please respect ours" (Paraphrasing)
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On June 25 2009 01:55 FragKrag wrote:
I don't think it's very harsh at all.
So........if the death penalty isn't very harsh at all...then in your mind.....what is??
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It's the law, you break the law and you are punished, simple as that. Same to the case of two reporters sneaking into NK. I dont understand why people complaining about this. It's not like they don't know what would happen if they get caught. They take the risk, they know the consequence when things go wrong, stop crying that this is too harsh -.-
Obviously most of you living in a little bubble and know nothing about 3rd world countries where the population is huge, the level of education is so low and there are lots of fucked up shits every day. That's why the law must be so strict for this kind of crime. Heroin not only fucks up the addicts but also their families and people around. In Vietnam (and other 3rd world countries I guess), stories like the addicts killing people for little money (like 2$, yes, two US dollars) are on daily news. One drug dealer leads to many serious consequences and they deserve death penalty. I remember in Singapore's airport, they say it out loud in the speaker that, if you cross this door and you have .... grams of drugs, you'll face death penalty, this is the last chance to throw away any drug you have. Still, there are many thickhead drug dealers who tried their lucks and then whined about how strict the law was when they got caught.
The law is clear, you cross the line you're punished.
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On June 25 2009 02:12 Alizee- wrote:So........if the death penalty isn't very harsh at all...then in your mind.....what is??
Making them zombies?
But seriously, i cant really feel satisfied when a life is going to be extinguished. I have always tried to stay aware that every life has a value to try and avoid becoming desensitized like so many other, but to be honest i cant really feel any empathy for drug dealers.
I feel sorry that someone has to die, but i think they deserve it.
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why are they all wearing basketball uniforms in the pic?
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The real solution is legalization.
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On June 25 2009 02:21 Ideas wrote:
why are they all wearing basketball uniforms in the pic?
Black guy is an insta-pick for a chinese prison basketball team
This happens all over asia by the way for a lot less than the 20+ lbs (11000 grams in the story) that these two smuggled in. A girl from London got caught in Laos with 1.5 lbs and was sentenced to death, then got the sentence reduced to life in prison because she got pregnant and they don't execute pregnant women.
It's a shame when it's African women being forced to be drug mules and things like that. When people willingly do it? Not so much sympathy
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On June 25 2009 02:12 Alizee- wrote:So........if the death penalty isn't very harsh at all...then in your mind.....what is??
Torture someone SLOWLY over a period of 3 years to eventual death is harsh.
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it's the risk you take when smuggeling drugs into [insert asian country]
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On June 25 2009 02:06 jjun212 wrote:
Just in case some people are wondering why the Nigerian government isn't doing anything, it's because they can't.
There was a similar case in Canada of a Vietnamese-Canadian guy smuggling drugs into Singapore or some South East Asian country and he was also killed by the death penalty there, even though Canada pleaded (barely..) for his release.
The other country's response was something like, "We respect your country's laws so please respect ours" (Paraphrasing)
It was the Vietnamese-Canadian woman and her mother trying to hide drug in some photo frame and they were caught in Vietnam. The daughter was executed but not her mother (70+) due to her age. Canadian goverment tried to save them but Vietnamese said no, it's our law, no exception.
The other recent incident was also about a Vietnamese - Australian getting caught in Singapore. Australian government, the drug drealer's school, friend... etc made it really big asking SIngapore to not kill that guy. But no, he broke the law, he deserved death penalty. If that guy wasn't caught, he would be on the beach, enjoying sunshine, cold beer and pussies while hundreds of addicts, their families and so on would be struggling every day to survive, yes, I mean survive (poor people in 3rd world country still have to worry about their food every day).
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