World IN BRIEF : CHINA : 3 Men Executed for Tourist Boat Deaths
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
China executed three men found guilty of arson and murder in the burning of a pleasure boat that killed 32 people, including 24 Taiwan tourists, the New China News Agency said in Beijing. The three men--Wu Lihong, Hu Zhihan and Yu Aijun--were also found guilty of robbing the tourists and eight mainland crew members March 31 on a pleasure boat on Qiandao Lake, a major tourist area in Zhejiang.
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