China Executes Pair for Selling Panda Pelts
Two Sichuan farmers lost court appeals and were executed for selling the skins of giant pandas, a newspaper reported.
Liang Yongzheng and He Guanghai, from Pingwu County in the southwest Chinese province, were sentenced to death in October for dealing in the endangered species.
The Legal Daily reported Tuesday that the two were executed Monday after losing appeals in the Sichuan provincial court and the Supreme Court. It said Liang bought a panda skin in January, 1987, for $957 and with an accomplice sold it in Canton for $17,000.
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