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Zimbabwean women on death row in China over drugs
19 May 2016 at 06:33hrs | Views
Three Zimbabwean women are suspected to be on death row in China after being over drug trafficking.
The women are among close to 10 locals arrested in China,
Secretary for Foreign Affairs Joey Bimha has said.
On Tuesday ZanuPF Goromonzi National Assembly member, Beata Nyamupinga, who told the National Assembly that more than 1 000 Zimbabweans, mostly women, have been trafficked to China alone, with 200 of them in jail and on death row for drug trafficking.
Introducing a motion on human trafficking in the National Assembly Nyamupinga, who is also chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Women Affairs, said most of the women trafficked to China were married to Nigerians.
She claimed the women were arrested after they were caught with wedding gowns loaded with hard drugs.
But Bimha last night said they had received reports of a far less figure.
"Our embassy has told us that less than 10 Zimbabweans mostly women were arrested in China for drug trafficking.
"About two or three were on death row after they were found with drugs in suitcases and one of them has since died in custody. These are the last figures we last got from our embassy in China. We will, however, check with our embassy in Beijing to establish if the figure has risen to that level," said Bimha.
Source-Herald
The women are among close to 10 locals arrested in China,
Secretary for Foreign Affairs Joey Bimha has said.
On Tuesday ZanuPF Goromonzi National Assembly member, Beata Nyamupinga, who told the National Assembly that more than 1 000 Zimbabweans, mostly women, have been trafficked to China alone, with 200 of them in jail and on death row for drug trafficking.
Introducing a motion on human trafficking in the National Assembly Nyamupinga, who is also chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Women Affairs, said most of the women trafficked to China were married to Nigerians.
She claimed the women were arrested after they were caught with wedding gowns loaded with hard drugs.
But Bimha last night said they had received reports of a far less figure.
"Our embassy has told us that less than 10 Zimbabweans mostly women were arrested in China for drug trafficking.
"About two or three were on death row after they were found with drugs in suitcases and one of them has since died in custody. These are the last figures we last got from our embassy in China. We will, however, check with our embassy in Beijing to establish if the figure has risen to that level," said Bimha.
Source-Herald
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