Child trafficker kingpin gets death penalty

The head of a criminal gang that abducted and trafficked children was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve in Guangdong's southwestern coastal city of Maoming.

The verdict on the gang leader, surnamed Zhang, was handed down by the Maoming Intermediate People's Court at the end of last month.

Meanwhile, the court confiscated all of Zhang's illegally gains, the verdict said.