Updated August 16, 2020
What Should You NEVER Do In China?
If there is one thing you must not dare to do in China, it’s about the drug abuse. Never! Never ever do it again. The penalties are severe, often leading to the DEATH sentences.
In fact, according to the local media reports, very recently (June 10, 2020), an Australian national (Cam Gillespie, Chinese name: Kam Giles) was sentenced to death by a court in Guangzhou for drug related crime.
His crime? Well, he was found (Dec 2013) to be carrying 7,500 grams of METH (Methamphetamine) in his luggage at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport on. Based on the orders of the Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court, the Gillespie’s Chinese assets were confiscated as well.
In January 2019, a Canadian citizen, Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, was awarded capital punishment by the Dalian Intermediate People’s Court. He was accused of smuggling more than 222 kilograms of meth.
It’s worth mentioning that a person found to be smuggling 50 grams of meth could be given the capital punishment.
So fellas, keep in mind that the Chinese authorities always pay a high level of attention to drug smuggling. If you were caught, no one would help.
Don’t sacrifice you precious life.
China’s Criminal Law
- Drug trafficking is a felony subject to the death penalty in the Chinese criminal code.
- Under Clause 1, Article 347 of the Chinese Criminal Law, those convicted of smuggling, trafficking, transporting, or manufacturing more than 1,000 grams of opium, more than 50 grams of heroin or methamphetamine, or large quantities of other drugs may receive the death penalty. -Source: China Daily
- The possession of 50 grams of Heroin is punishable by death
- Criminals who smuggle, sell, transport or manufacture large amounts of drugs shall be sentenced to death… China’s anti-drug law enforcement organs enforce the laws strictly and are waging a fierce battle against all drug-related criminal activities, administering merciless punishment to those involved in such activities. – King County Bar Association
Say NO to drugs!