The judge agreed with the lawyer that Dong &apos; s case needed further review, and the execution was only stopped when the judge contacted the execution ground with a borrowed mobile phone, reportedly just four minutes before the execution was scheduled. (After a further review of the case by Shaanxi Province High People &apos; s Court on the orders of the Supreme People &apos; s Court, Dong was executed on 5 September 2002.) Transparency would have prevented this near violation of the right to life.
The judge agreed with the lawyer that Dong &apos; s case needed further review, and the execution was only stopped when the judge contacted the execution ground with a borrowed mobile phone, reportedly just four minutes before the execution was scheduled. (After a further review of the case by Shaanxi Province High People &apos; s Court on the orders of the Supreme People &apos; s Court, Dong was executed on 5 September 2002.) Transparency would have prevented this near violation of the right to life.