Call for death sentence for mafia boss

PROSECUTORS have demanded the death sentence for Vietnam’s most powerful mafia boss and seven of his underlings in a trial the government has touted as proof of its determination to stamp out corruption.

The People’s Court in the southern business capital of Ho Chi Minh City was asked by the prosecuting panel to hand down death sentences to Nam Cam and four of his lieutenants for murder, according to state media.

Nam Cam is accused of killing another mafia boss and of organising an acid attack on an underworld rival.