China executes panda skin sellers

Monday 31 May 1993 23:02 BST

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Two Chinese farmers were executed on Sunday for selling skins of the endangered giant panda, only about 1,000 of which are still alive in the wild, Reuter reports from Peking. The Intermediate People's Court in the southern city of Guangzhou sentenced Deng Tianshun and Zhu Xiuying to death for selling three skins for huge profits between April 1988 and May 1989, the official Legal Daily said.

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