Overview
- China’s embassy in Paris confirmed the execution on Sunday, a day after France said it had been notified.
- France condemned the killing and said Chan’s defense was barred from the final hearing, which it called a violation of his rights.
- Chan, a Guangzhou-born naturalized French citizen, was arrested in 2005 with dozens of suspects and later received a 2010 death sentence tied to a 100 million yuan meth operation.
- The embassy said China treats defendants of all nationalities equally and handles cases strictly by law, while officials did not disclose when the execution occurred.
- Amnesty International says China is the world’s leading executioner and uses the death penalty for large drug cases, while France abolished capital punishment in 1981 and campaigns against it worldwide.