| 1 | The principal criminal was sentenced to life imprisonment. | |
| 2 | The police arrested one principal criminal and two accomplices. | |
| 3 | Zhang Yujun, whom the government called one of the "principal criminals" in the scandal, was sentenced to death. | |
| 4 | It is unconstitutional to allow the confessions of accomplices to be the only evidence to convict a defendant. | |
| 5 | ESFANDIAR RAHIM MASHAEI: Most of the executions are of major drug traffickers who are involved in big drug business. |