01 June 2009 :
two men in southwestern China's Yunnan Province received the death penalty for killing Li Hongzhuan, 30, a police officer, in conjunction with robbing and assaulting a woman on November 16, 2008. One of the assailants stabbed a local traffic policeman to death when he tried to stop the robbery. The Intermediate People's Court of Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture announced the verdict against Xiao Chenghua and Wang Changpin.(Sources: Xinhua, 14/05/2009)
