Aussie for firing squad, The Australian, 8 November, 2004.
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AN Australian man on heroin trafficking charges in Vietnam has been sentenced to death by firing squad and will pin his last hopes on a clemency request from the Howard Government.
Vietnam introduced the death penalty in the mid-1990s for offenders found guilty of trafficking more than 300g of heroin. Tran was charged with trafficking 600g.
AN Australian man on heroin trafficking charges in Vietnam has been sentenced to death by firing squad and will pin his last hopes on a clemency request from the Howard Government.
Vietnam introduced the death penalty in the mid-1990s for offenders found guilty of trafficking more than 300g of heroin. Tran was charged with trafficking 600g.
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AN Australian man on heroin trafficking charges in Vietnam has been sentenced to death by firing squad and will pin his last hopes on a clemency request from the Howard Government.
Tran Van Thanh, 39, was one of three Australians of Vietnamese origin found guilty by a Vietnamese court last Friday, along with Tran Van Viet and Pham Martin, who received life sentences.
They were part of a seven-member gang trafficking heroin to Australia from Cambodia via Vietnam, a country with harsh drug laws.
Vietnam introduced the death penalty in the mid-1990s for offenders found guilty of trafficking more than 300g of heroin. Tran was charged with trafficking 600g.
A Foreign Affairs Department spokeswoman said the three Australians could appeal against their sentences. If the death sentence were upheld on appeal, an application for clemency would be made.
"The Australian Government, while respecting the right of sovereign states to deal with criminal offences as they see fit, has a longstanding policy of opposition to the death penalty," the spokeswoman said. "If all the appeal processes are gone through, then we would seek clemency."
An Australian woman, Le My Linh, was condemned to death in July under Vietnam's tough anti-drug laws before having her sentence commuted to life imprisonment.