Beijing - Two Chinese policemen were convicted of raping a woman death row prisoner about 20 times, resulting in the convicted murderess becoming pregnant, the state press reported yesterday. Yang Lin and Li Guo, policemen in the Gaobeidian police station of the northern Hebei Province, were sentenced to eight and six years imprisonment respectively by a local court for the rape of Wang Sumin. Wang was sentenced to death in 199 8 for stealing a car and murdering the owner in 1996.
But last year a medical examination revealed that she was pregnant and an investigation ensued.