Huang Nan was severely sentenced by the Kaohsiung Higher Branch Court for selling trace amounts of the drug heroin.

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[Reporter Bao Jianxin/Kaohsiung Report] A retired non-commissioned officer surnamed Huang in his 60s was charged with selling Class 1 drug heroin 5 times within 3 months. The total price was only 6,500 yuan. The Kaohsiung Branch of the court imposed a heavy sentence of 10 and a half years in prison in accordance with the regulations on the prevention and control of drug hazards.

The verdict pointed out that from 11:00 pm on November 30, 2021 to 3:00 am on January 19, 2022, the defendant surnamed Huang was suspected of selling a little heroin to a man surnamed Lin three times for a total of 5,500 yuan.

In addition, from February 3 to 4, 2022, a man surnamed Li sold heroin twice for a total of 1,000 yuan.

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The Qiaotou District Court found that Huang had committed 5 crimes, and he was punished according to the number of crimes. He was sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of 7 years and 8 months, 5 years and 4 months, 5 years and 6 months, and 2 times of 5 years and 3 months, and the sentence was executed for 10 years and June. , Huang Nan believed that the sentence was too severe, and appealed to the Kaohsiung Higher Branch Court for a lighter sentence.

Huang Nan pointed out that the time of the crime was less than 3 months, the victims were only 2 people, the number of times was 5 times, the total amount was 6,500 yuan, the amount and number of times were not high, and the harm to society was not serious. He is 62 years old and believes that the sentence of the District Court is too heavy.

The judge of the second-instance collegial panel pointed out that the regulations on the prevention and control of drug hazards stipulate that those who manufacture, transport, and sell first-class drugs shall be sentenced to death or life imprisonment.

It was also investigated that Mr. Huang committed five crimes, and the district court commuted his sentence twice based on his confession and "excuse me with compassion". He was also sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison.

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