On June 16, 1989, after three people in Shanghai were sentenced to death, the West German ambassador to China expressed hope that the authorities would not carry out the executions, but the three were still executed on June 21.
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2026-10-08 02:42 · West German Ambassador Hannspeter Hellbeck urged Chinese authorities to show clemency.
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2026-10-08 02:58 · 法院做出死刑判决后，联邦德国驻华大使曾于6月16日表示希望当局不要处死三人，但三名被告仍于判决生效后，于6月21日被执行死刑。
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West German Ambassador to China Urged Authorities Not to Execute the Three in the Guangxin Road Case, but Appeal Went Unheeded
1989.06.16 · Reported
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