China executed a South African woman by lethal injection
Monday for drug smuggling after rejecting last-minute pleas for clemency
from her government, the foreign ministry in Pretoria said.
Janice Linden, 35, was convicted of trying to sneak three kilograms (6.6 pounds) of methamphetamine into the country in her luggage through the southern city of Guangzhou in 2008.
"The execution took place
around 10:00 am South African time (0800 GMT)," spokesman Clayson
Monyela told AFP. "Our embassy officials were there with her family. She had two sisters who were there.
"We are disappointed since we would have preferred the death sentence to be commuted to a life sentence instead of the execution."
Excerpts from: http://starafrica.com
Janice Linden, 35, was convicted of trying to sneak three kilograms (6.6 pounds) of methamphetamine into the country in her luggage through the southern city of Guangzhou in 2008.
Monyela told AFP. "Our embassy officials were there with her family. She had two sisters who were there.
"We are disappointed since we would have preferred the death sentence to be commuted to a life sentence instead of the execution."
Excerpts from: http://starafrica.com
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