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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 ...
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.
TAIPEI (Reuters) - 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 ...
Chen Jui-chin (Chinese: 陳瑞欽; pinyin: Chén Ruìqīn; 25 July 1949 – 19 April 2013) was a Taiwanese serial killer and one of the country's most infamous criminals. . Because of his gambling addiction, he owed debts to loan sharks, and in order to pay them off, he turned towards violenc
People executed by Taiwan or Taiwanese authorities. For people of Taiwanese nationality who were executed, see Category:Executed Taiwanese people . Subcategories
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 ...
Botak Chin, real name Wong Swee Chin, Malaysian convicted armed robber executed for the capital crime of possessing a firearm in Malaysia (11 June 1981) Low Hong Eng (a Singaporean seamstress) and Tan Ah Tee (a Malaysian illegal taxi driver), both executed for drug trafficking. Low was the first female to be hanged in Singapore for drug ...
His execution was filmed, in a beheading video titled "A Message to America". Steven Sotloff (2014) – beheaded in the Syro-Arabian desert by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, one month after the beheading of James Foley. His execution was filmed, and released with the title "A Second Message to America".