HANOI: Corrupt Vietnamese officials could be spared the death penalty if they repay at least 75 percent of their ill-gotten gains, state media reported Friday, after lawmakers amended the penal code.
The Communist country’s rubber stamp parliament lifted the death penalty from seven crimes, ranging from the military charge “surrendering to the enemy” to low level drug crimes, the VNExpress newspaper said.
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