{"id":540228,"date":"2026-04-06T05:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T00:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=540228"},"modified":"2026-04-06T05:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T00:09:12","slug":"china-executes-french-citizen-convicted-of-drug-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/china-executes-french-citizen-convicted-of-drug-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"China executes French citizen convicted of drug trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> BEIJING<br \/>\nChina confirmed on Sunday the execution of a French national sentenced to death in 2010 for drug trafficking, saying \u200cit did not discriminate against defendants on the basis of nationality, a day after Paris criticised the court\u2019s handling of the case.<br \/>\nThe Chinese embassy in France made the remarks in a brief statement on the execution of 62-year-old Chan Thao Phoumy after a 20-year stint in jail.<br \/>\nOn Saturday, the French foreign ministry said it \u201cparticularly regretted\u201d that Chan\u2019s defence was not allowed to attend the court\u2019s final hearing in violation of his rights.<br \/>\nChina, one of the world\u2019s toughest enforcers of laws against drug trafficking, has occasionally executed foreign nationals convicted of smuggling large amounts across its borders, \u200cbut does not release statistics on executions.<br \/>\nChan, born in the southern city of Guangzhou but later a naturalised French citizen, was one of 89 suspects arrested in 2005 for drug trafficking before being jailed for life in 2007.<br \/>\nHe was handed the death penalty in 2010 by a court in his hometown for his role in a 100-million-yuan ($15-million) drug operation that made, transported and dealt large amounts of crystal methamphetamine in China.<br \/>\nChina\u2019s threshold for the death penalty is 50 gm (1.8 oz) of heroin or methamphetamine, but trafficking in much larger amounts is generally what leads to execution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING China confirmed on Sunday the execution of a French national sentenced to death in 2010 for drug trafficking, saying \u200cit did not discriminate against defendants on the basis of nationality, a day after Paris criticised the court\u2019s handling of the case. 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