In China, two gang leaders were executed today in southwest Chongqing Municipality after being convicted of organizing a nine-member criminal gang and murder. <br/><br/>The executions of Yang Tianqing and Liu Chenghu were carried out after the Supreme People's Court approved the death sentences handed down by the Chongqing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court. <br/><br/>Two other members of the gang were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve and the other five received jail terms from 11 years to life. The gang's crimes spanned five years through to 2009 and involved the murders of four people and intentionally injuring at least six.