SA must ride the Dragon
Did South Africa do enough to prevent the execution by Chinese authorities of Janice Linden?
Did South Africa do enough to prevent the execution by Chinese authorities of Janice Linden?
Executions in China have halved since 2007 to 4 000 a year: cold comfort for the family of SA’s Janice Linden, who was put to death there on Monday.
The day China executed SA drug mule Janice Linden, an SA woman was arrested in Bangkok after police found 1.5kg of cocaine hidden in her dreadlocks.
Despite a bid by President Zuma to intervene, China has executed Janice Bronwyn Linden from KwaZulu-Natal for drug smuggling.
Despite South Africa’s pleas for clemency, China has executed Janice Bronwyn Linden from KwaZulu-Natal for smuggling drugs into the country in 2008.
A South African woman who is due to be executed by China for drug smuggling is apparently unaware of her fate, as is the practice of the state.