http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201812/29/WS5c26b293a310d9121405192d.html
Two child traffickers were sentenced to death in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, after a public hearing on Friday.
The verdict against Zhang Weiping and Zhou Rongping was handed down by the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court on Friday morning.
All the assets they illegally gained from trafficking children were confiscated, the verdict said.
Additionally, the court sentenced Yang Chaoping and Liu Zhenghong, key members in the gang, to life in prison. Another gang member, Chen Shoubi, was sentenced to 10 years behind bars and fined 3,000 yuan ($440).
All the defendants are from Zunyi, Guizhou province.
The court said Zhang, Zhou and their gang were found to have participated in nine cases of abducting and trafficking children between 2003 and 2005－and the whereabouts of the nine are still unknown.