[Breaking News: Man Executed] Condemned Briton's 'Heartbroken' Family Beg For Compassion from China

Telegraph(UK) ^ | December 28th 2009

[Steelfish]

Condemned Briton's 'Heartbroken' Family Beg For Compassion from China The family of Akmal Shaikh, the British man condemned to death in China, have made a last-minute appeal to the Chinese authorities to show mercy.

By David Eimer in Beijing 28 Dec 2009

Akmal Shaikh, a British national who is facing the death penalty in China for possession of heroin Photo: AFP/GETTY

Mr Shaikh is due to be executed in Urumqi at 10.30am Tuesday morning local time for heroin smuggling. "We're here to plead for clemency and we hope the Chinese government shows compassion. His life is in their hands now," said his cousin Soohail Shaikh on Monday night in Beijing. He and his brother Nasir arrived in the Chinese capital from Urumqi in the far west of China, where Mr Shaikh is being held.

[dfwgator]

Sounds like Shaikh’s life was in his hands when he foolishly decided to bring heroin into China.

[LeoWindhorse]

if this man were a ‘British ‘ man , his name would be something like John Smith
Naturalization does not a native make .....

[dalereed]

we need that law here!

[ducdriver]

The Chinese do know how to wage a “war on drugs” don’t they.

[VicVega]

He’s worm bait.

http://news.sky.com

[Robert Lomax]

And what was he doing with the heroin? User? Seller, funneling money to the jihad?

[driftdiver]

Well his kidneys and liver probably already have buyers.

[Ronin]

I hope China bills the family for the bullet as usual.

Sorry. No sympathy for heroin smugglers and the scumbag looks like a jerk anyhow.

[Steelfish]

From MSNBC.com

U.K.: China executes British man
Relatives say man is mentally unstable and was lured into the crime
BREAKING NEWS
msnbc.com news services

URUMQI, China - Britain says China has executed a Briton convicted of drug-smuggling after rejecting a string of appeals from the British government and his relatives who say the man was mentally unstable and unwittingly lured into the crime.

The British Foreign Office issued a statement Tuesday condemning the execution of 53-year-old Akmal Shaikh. He was the first European citizen executed in China in half a century.

Shaikh first learned his death sentence would be carried out from his visiting cousins on Monday, who made a last-minute plea for his life. They say he was mentally unstable and was lured to China from a life on the street in Poland by men playing on his dreams to record a pop song for world peace.

[Steely Tom]

Shaikh first learned his death sentence would be carried out from his visiting cousins on Monday, who made a last-minute plea for his life. They say he was mentally unstable and was lured to China from a life on the street in Poland by men playing on his dreams to record a pop song for world peace.

Sure, that's a believable story.

[ABQHispConservative]

That’s what I thought. I guess they thought the Chinese were as gullible as libs here in the US.

[Chickensoup]

Mentally ill people do stupid things...judgment is usually impaired.

[Rembrandt]

It’s nearly midnight here in FL; by now this mug oughta be dancing with his 72 Helen Thomases and Madeleine Albrights.

[Ready4Freddy]

4 kilos of heroin. Definitely not personal stash.

[ChrisInAR]

facing the death penalty in China for possession of heroin

That's the ticket! That is what we need to do in this country...for marijuana, especially. Now we all know that we Americans have a constitutional right of privacy re: the use of tobacco & alcohol; but when it comes to marijuana, acid, etc. OFF WITH THEIR HEADS! < /sarc >

[Walkingfeather]

They say he was mentally unstable and was lured to China from a life on the street in Poland by men playing on his dreams to record a pop song for world peace.

Let’s go through the victim pre-suppositions.
1.Mental health issues
2.Was manipulated
3.Was Homeless
4.Victim of racism
5.human traffic
6. and a peace advocate
7.A recording artist
Did I miss any?

[Stultis]

I am outraged by this.

How come the Brits get their scum disposed of, but we get ours returned?!

China Jails Environmentalist Wanted in U.S. (ELF ecoterrorist)

Saturday, November 28, 2009 1:19:59 PM · by Stultis · 70 replies · 2,601+ views

The New York Times ^ | November 27, 2009 | Dan Levin

DALI, China — Justin Franchi Solondz, an environmental activist from New Jersey who spent years evading charges of ecoterrorism in the United States by hiding out in China, was sentenced to three years in prison by a local court on Friday on charges of manufacturing drugs in this backpacker haven. After serving his time, Mr. Solondz, 30, who is on the F.B.I.’s wanted list, will be deported to the United States, where he faces charges stemming from what the authorities say was his role in an arson rampage that destroyed buildings in three western states as a member of a...

[nwrep]

Kudos to China for implementing their laws.

[Nosterrex]

I wish that we had China’s policy on drugs. It would take care of our prison population and most of the White House.