FOUR TAIWANESE MEN ACCUSED OF MURDER APPEAR IN COURT IN MIAOLI COUNTY.
Four Taiwanese men charged with murder attend court in Miaoli County on
October 28, 2003, about 130 kilometres south of Taipei. Taiwan's
coastguard said the four were smuggling illegal immigrants into Taiwan
from China and threw 26 women overboard when it gave chase on August
28. Six of them drowned. If convicted, the maximum sentence is the
death penalty. REUTERS/Simon Kwong
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