Former city council charged with crime of illegal drug delivery To decision on 8th November 20:08 on November 2, China
For a former city council member in Inazawa City, Aichi Prefecture, who was charged with the death penalty at the highest for charges of carrying illegal drugs in China six years ago, the sentence has been postponed for about five years. I was told on the 8th of this month.
Former city council member in Inazawa City, Aichi Prefecture, Defendant Takuma Sakuragi carried illegal drugs on the case of having 3 kilograms of stimulant in a suitcase at an airport in Guangzhou, South China in 2013 I am charged with sin.
Former lawmaker Sakuragi insisted that he was not guilty, saying, `` I did not know that the suitcase was asked by an acquaintance and kept stimulant '', but the prosecution was 15 years in prison So far, I was seeking a death penalty.
The trial was concluded in 2014, but it was an unusual situation that the sentence was postponed every three months as “the case is complicated and related evidence needs to be examined,” and postponed for about five years. It was.
However, according to the officials, the sentence was handed down in Guangzhou court on 8th of this month.
Under Chinese law, as a general rule, the death penalty does not apply at the age of 75, so the 76-year-old former Senator Sakuragi is expected to avoid the death penalty and attention will be paid to the judgment.