12 March 2002 DUSHANBE, 7 March (Asia-Plus)-Tajikistan’s Supreme Court has handed down the death penalty to Abdughani Sartibayev, one of the murderers of Mangier Didie Eric, a Swiss tourist. The press service of the Supreme Court has informed Asia-Plus that Sartibayev’s accomplice, Khushvakht Qosimov, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.Under the Criminal Code of Tajikistan, serious crimes, such […]

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