10 UGANDANS FACE DEATH IN CHINA OVER NARCOTICS

July 2, 2007: ten Ugandans held on charges of illicit drug trafficking in China will soon be lined up for public execution, a government minister said. James Kinobe, the state minister for youth who has just returned from China, said some 10 Ugandans were duped into smuggling heroin pills into China by a network of gangs.
"The suspects, who are aged between 18 and 23, including one woman, were found with heroin amounting to over 1.5kg each.
This automatically spells a death sentence," Mr Kinobe said. He revealed that if the Ugandans are found guilty, they will be executed. (Sources: Monitor Online, 02/07/2007)