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The execution of an inmate on Thursday by Taiwan, marking the first death penalty carried out by the island’s authorities in five years, has sparked condemnation from rights groups.. Death row ...
Taiwan carried out its first execution in five years late on Thursday, upsetting both rights groups and the European Union which called on the government to maintain its de facto moratorium on the ...
A sign at Taoyuan Airport warning that drug trafficking is punishable by death. Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Taiwan.The list of capital offences, for which the death penalty can be imposed includes murder, treason, drug trafficking, piracy, terrorism, and especially serious cases of robbery, rape, and kidnapping, as well as military offences, such as desertion during war time.
Aodi, Yilan County, Taiwan Province 25 By Taiwan Garrison Command: Lunqing Western Restaurant fire: 1993-01-19 Taipei: 33 by unknown [22] Carlton Barber's Shop fire: 1993-05-12 Taipei: 21 (including the perpetrator) by Liang Hsin-teng (梁兴登) Murder of Liu Pang-yu: 1996-11-21 Taoyuan: 8 by Two Killers Luzhou fire: 2003-08-31 New Taipei City: 16
1 November 2023 [38] five unnamed convicts murder: firing squad: A South Africa: 14 November 1989 [4] Solomon Ngobeni: murder: hanging: D South Sudan: 29 January 2025 [39] Sabir Abdallah Abusam rape/murder: hanging: D Sudan: 9 February 2021 [40] Eliza Aban Othu murder: hanging: C Tanzania: October 1994 [4] 7 unnamed men, 1 unnamed woman A Togo ...
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's government raised its travel warning for China on Thursday, telling its citizens not to go unless absolutely necessary, following a threat from Beijing last week to ...
Wo Weihan (Chinese: 沃维汉; pinyin: Wò Wéihàn; 1949 – November 28, 2008), a native of Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, was a Chinese scientist and entrepreneur of Daur nationality. He was executed at the age of 58–59 on November 28, 2008, by firing squad, along with missile expert Guo Wanjun, 66, for passing sensitive information to a Taiwanese ...
The drills, which began at 7.45am local time, are being conducted in the Taiwan Strait, to the north, south and east of Taiwan, as well as areas around the Taiwan-controlled islands of Kinmen ...