拐卖9名儿童 两人被判死刑！

Two child traffickers were sentenced to death in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, after a public hearing on Friday.

周五，在举行公开庭审后，广东省广州市法院对两名涉嫌拐卖儿童罪犯判处了死刑。

The verdict against Zhang Weiping and Zhou Rongping was handed down by the Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court on Friday morning.

周五上午，广州市中级人民法院对张维平、周容平拐卖儿童案件做出了判决。

All the assets they illegally gained from trafficking children were confiscated, the verdict said.

依据判决结果，没收两人拐卖儿童的非法所得。

Additionally, the court sentenced Yang Chaoping and Liu Zhenghong, key members in the gang, to life in prison. Another gang member, Chen Shoubi, was sentenced to 10 years behind bars and fined 3,000 yuan ($440).

此外，法院还判处杨朝平、刘正洪无期徒刑，判处另一名成员陈寿碧有期徒刑十年，并处罚金人民币3000元(合440美元)。

All the defendants are from Zunyi, Guizhou province.

5名被告均来自贵州省遵义市。

The court said Zhang, Zhou and their gang were found to have participated in nine cases of abducting and trafficking children between 2003 and 2005-and the whereabouts of the nine are still unknown.

法院经审理查明，2003年至2005年期间，被告人张维平和周容平等人涉嫌9起儿童绑架和贩卖案件，9名幼儿至今下落不明。

The verdict said Zhang and Zhou had committed serious crimes and harmed society, and they should be harshly punished to deter others.

判决称，张维平和周容平犯有严重罪行，危害社会，应从重处罚，以震慑他人。