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Fully-armed special task force police officers stand guard at a trial of about 100 triad society members, who were sentenced to death, in Chengdu, Sichuan province April 20, 2001
Monday, Oct. 18, 2010

Open quoteIn China ... there is a deterrent effect.Close quote

  • MOHAMMAD MAHFUD,
  • chief justice of Indonesia's Constitutional Court, on why his country should follow China's lead and sentence officials who are convicted of corruption to death
Photo: Reuters | Source: AP