China plans to execute SARS violators Posted by Scott Manning on May 15, 2003 | Comments (0)

China's judiciary issued an interpretation of the country's infectious diseases law on Thursday that calls for execution or life imprisonment for SARS patients who violate quarantine restrictions.

"Intentionally spreading sudden contagious disease pathogens that endangers public security or leads to serious personal injury, death or heavy loss of public or private property will be punishable by 10 years to life imprisonment or the death penalty," Xinhua news agency said of the ruling.

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