Bogus doc executed in Vietnam
2003-11-01 08:19
Hanoi - A man pretending to be a doctor of traditional medicine was executed in southern Vietnam for fatally poisoning four people and robbing them, court officials said on Saturday.
Pham Thanh Tuan, 40, was executed by firing squad on Wednesday in Dong Thap province after his appeal for presidential clemency was rejected last month, a clerk at the provincial People's Court said.
He was sentenced to death in June 2002.
His death takes the number of people executed in the communist nation this year to at least 29, according to information compiled from state media.
- AFP