US-China Relations

Chinese National Sentenced to 55-Month Imprisonment Over Trafficking Methamphetamine

The defendant was sentenced in Saipan, where he was found guilty of shipping the illegal drug from California.
Chinese National Sentenced to 55-Month Imprisonment Over Trafficking Methamphetamine
View of the entrance steps of the U.S. Federal Courthouse in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, on June 26, 2024. Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP via Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
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A Chinese national has been sentenced to 55 months in prison for trafficking methamphetamine from California to Saipan.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands on Aug. 9 announced that Yang Liang was sentenced on the previous day by Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, on a charge of conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based reporter. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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