Akmal Shaikh pictured in Poland in 2007.Due to be put to death in China after being convicted of smuggling 8.8lbs of heroin
Posted on 12/28/2009 9:01:31 PM PST by fight_truth_decay
British man Akmal Shaikh has been executed in China, the Foreign Office has confirmed.
Mr Shaikh was due to be put to death at 2.30am UK time, and just after 4am his execution by firing squad was reported. He was said to have been buried immediately following his death and his body will not be returned to the UK.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown immediately condemned the execution, while Sally Rowen from legal charity Reprieve described the killing as 'horrific, barbaric and outrageous'. Mr Brown said: 'I condemn the execution of Akmal Shaikh in the strongest terms. I am appalled and disappointed that our persistent requests clemency was not granted.'
Akmal Shaikh pictured in Poland in 2007.Due to be put to death in China after being convicted of smuggling 8.8lbs of heroin
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China executes four times as many people as the rest of the world put together.
The exact toll of executions is a closely-guarded 'state secret', but estimates range from more than 1,700 to as high as 10,000 a year. At least 60 per cent of public executions are carried out with a single gunshot to the back of the head.
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Our politicians must be crossing themselves after reading this story.
I’m sorry but you have to be a real moron to try to smuggle 8 pounds of heroine into China.
Another dope pusher bites the dust.
Don’t get caught with 9 pounds of heroin in China. Or Thailand. Or Singapore. Or most of SE Asia...
In other news according to Democrats, the US and GB are still the meanest countries on earth.
But I bet the Liberal Gordon Brown will continue to support Free Trade with Communist China. Dont be bellyaching about the ChiComs and then still support them financially
Bullet in the back of the head....standard Commie style execution method.
There couldn't be a more English sounding name.
I was thinking the same thing, then I read the whole article. I think this guy probably was bipolar and very delusional based on the accounts of people that knew him from his time in Poland.
Of course he will. No mention in the story as to whether his organs were "harvested." by our partners in trade and finances.
And listen to liberals who want all drugs legalized speak of how full our prisons are versus China's.
Can we outsource ours to China?
I hate to admit it, but the Chinese are extremely efficient in their implementation of Capital Punishment. Do they still send the bill for the bullets to the family?
Probably so they don't mess up a bunch of other organs that might be salable.
Should outsource our rail system also? China built a 250mph train system in four years. We can’t even keep the NE corridor going when it snows.
That's a practice that should be adopted when executing sand nazis. At the very least, Israel's example should be followed: after they cut Eichmann's body down from the gallows, they cremated it and dumped the ashes in the Mediterranean. Makes it harder to have a big funeral back in the 'Stan or wherever.
We would outsource the execution, not the court proceedings.
I might entertain outsourcing the execution appeals process to the Chinese though.
Yeah, that's really a cool country, a great justice system, not to mention how they treat their own people with much respect and dignity.
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