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Akmal Shaikh: Briton Executed by Chinese Firing Squad, Body Will Not Be Returned
DailyMail ^
| 4:33 AM on 29th December 2009
| Peter Simpson and Scott Warren
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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: akmalshaikh; china; firingsquads; uk
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The relatives of the victim may be offered the bullet that killed their loved one, and then charged the 30p it cost.
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.
Geoffrey Wansell : China, where you can be shot for tax evasion
29th December 2009
Our politicians must be crossing themselves after reading this story.
To: fight_truth_decay
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.
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posted on
12/28/2009 9:07:38 PM PST
by
ReneeLynn
(Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it*s the new black. Mmm Mmm Mmm.)
To: fight_truth_decay
Don’t get caught with 9 pounds of heroin in China. Or Thailand. Or Singapore. Or most of SE Asia...
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posted on
12/28/2009 9:10:40 PM PST
by
PugetSoundSoldier
(Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
To: fight_truth_decay
In other news according to Democrats, the US and GB are still the meanest countries on earth.
To: fight_truth_decay
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.
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posted on
12/28/2009 9:15:59 PM PST
by
UCFRoadWarrior
(Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all FReepers)
To: fight_truth_decay
British man Akmal Shaikh There couldn't be a more English sounding name.
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posted on
12/28/2009 9:18:33 PM PST
by
libh8er
To: ReneeLynn
Im sorry but you have to be a real moron... 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.
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posted on
12/28/2009 9:19:40 PM PST
by
SC Swamp Fox
(Aim small, miss small.)
To: UCFRoadWarrior
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
Of course he will. No mention in the story as to whether his organs were "harvested." by our partners in trade and finances.
To: fight_truth_decay
Probably a bullet to the head,then immediatly taken to the nearest hospital so they can rip out his kidneys and sell them on the black market.Communists are infamous as to the extent of their organ harvesting.
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posted on
12/28/2009 9:23:07 PM PST
by
cavador
(Wash your Hands-Cover that sneeze!It helps stop the H1N1 Virus)
To: fight_truth_decay
Can somebody remind me again; just what is it we were celebrating by flying the Chicom flag on our land?
This is not your fathers' America.
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posted on
12/28/2009 9:28:33 PM PST
by
phredo53
(Caution: This post does not comply with White House standards.)
To: fight_truth_decay
China executes four times as many people as the rest of the world put together. And listen to liberals who want all drugs legalized speak of how full our prisons are versus China's.
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posted on
12/28/2009 9:35:17 PM PST
by
OafOfOffice
(Constitution is not neutral.It was designed to take the government off the backs of people-Douglas)
To: fight_truth_decay
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?
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posted on
12/28/2009 9:36:20 PM PST
by
dila813
To: UCFRoadWarrior
"Bullet in the back of the head....standard Commie style execution method."Probably so they don't mess up a bunch of other organs that might be salable.
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posted on
12/28/2009 9:52:35 PM PST
by
redhead
(Redhead: That's me: Shovel ready, with the bullseye already on my back.)
To: dila813
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.
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posted on
12/28/2009 10:07:04 PM PST
by
pankot
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To: dila813
Actually, they are a bit
too efficient for my taste. You're convicted, sentenced, then taken outside and the deed is done. Just like that. And since the police never would have arrested you unless you were guilty, conviction is almost a certainty. I'll bet that if I were unfortunate enough to have been born Chinese, I never would have seen my twentieth birthday. I do not dig Chinese Justice.
To: fight_truth_decay
He was said to have been buried immediately following his death and his body will not be returned to the UK. 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.
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posted on
12/28/2009 10:17:52 PM PST
by
cynwoody
To: Seven plus One
We would outsource the execution, not the court proceedings.
I might entertain outsourcing the execution appeals process to the Chinese though.
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posted on
12/28/2009 10:19:28 PM PST
by
dila813
To: dila813
the Chinese are extremely efficient in their implementation of Capital Punishment. 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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posted on
12/28/2009 10:47:56 PM PST
by
dragnet2
To: UCFRoadWarrior
The Russian FSB may be considered more brutal in their "executions" of people in Ingushetia.
Video on
Russia's Hidden War [page right].
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