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BBC 正文:Was China right to execute drug smuggling Briton?
A British man, thought to be mentally ill, has been executed in China for drug smuggling. Should China have shown clemency?
Akmal Shaikh was condemned to death for smuggling 4kgs of heroin into China - a charge he denied.
He was executed on Tuesday morning despite a string of appeals from the British government and his relatives, who had claimed Mr Shaikh suffered from bipolar disorder and was unwittingly lured into the crime.
Should Chinese authorities have granted a reprieve? Is the Chinese government right not to bow to international pressure? Should Britain interfere in other countries' legal systems? What effect will this have on relations between Britain and China?
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Published: Tuesday, 29 December, 2009, 04:21 GMT 04:21 UK
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Added: Tuesday, 29 December, 2009, 04:37 GMT 04:37 UK
Maybe if we had a legal system like China we'd have less problems with ferral drug addled layabouts in this country.
Steve, London
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Added: Tuesday, 29 December, 2009, 04:37 GMT 04:37 UK
Every country has the right to a court system and enforcement of their law. Don't like it? Don't commit a crime in that country.
[Corruptuser], United States
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Added: Tuesday, 29 December, 2009, 05:20 GMT 05:20 UK
Well done China! This should be a mandatory punishment throughout the world. If you show up with 4kg of heroin in your baggage at an airport, don't expect any sympathy. The sooner these tree-hugging sandle-wearing do-gooders take off their rose coloured glasses the better!
Claiming you are bipolar after the event doesn't and shouldn't wash. If his family were so concerned about him then why on earth let him travel, alone, to the other side of the world.
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steve collinson, phuket
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Added: Tuesday, 29 December, 2009, 08:44 GMT 08:44 UK
People should stop believing everything they read and assuming it's true. Here's the honest unemotional version.
He wasn't British, he'd run his own business, the bi-polar excuse wasn't true, he knew the risks, he stood to make a huge amount of money at the expense of other peoples lives.
I'm amazed at how many people on here are defending him, sitting in their nice insulated world, unaware or unable to actually see what a hell hole this country has turned into.
TheTruth, Lichfield
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Added: Tuesday, 29 December, 2009, 05:51 GMT 05:51 UK
A good friend of mine suffers from acute bipolar disorder. He goes through the classic highs and lows of manic depression and it can affect his professional life.
It does not cloud his moral judgement though and he is no more susceptible to being tricked into anything than anybody else.
To use Mr Shaikh's illness to try to gain him a reprieve by suggesting that people with the condition cannot be held accountable for their own actions, is a great disservice to bipolar sufferers.
Will de Beest, Spain
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Added: Tuesday, 29 December, 2009, 06:51 GMT 06:51 UK
Lets get this into perspective, he was carrying enough drugs to kill 26,800 people. Now tell me they were wrong to execute him. I think not.
George Cook, Gold Coast. Australia
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Added: Tuesday, 29 December, 2009, 04:54 GMT 04:54 UK
Smuggle drugs into China? You die.
No excuses. No exceptions.
Wendy Simpson, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
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Added: Tuesday, 29 December, 2009, 05:47 GMT 05:47 UK
"EU National" when did that start being official BBC language to describe British Nationals?
And 'Yes' is the answer to the question. He did the crime so he gets punished by the law of that land. Maybe if Britain wasn't so soft we would have people think twice before committing allsorts of crimes here.
[MovingRight], Looking for a great, United Kingdom
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Added: Tuesday, 29 December, 2009, 06:52 GMT 06:52 UK
Why are so many complaining about this "justified" execution? There is no sacrifice here at all !! Surely, we must support and respect any countrys' law that has the death penalty for drug offences.
Akmal Shaikh knew what he was doing! This was totally pre-meditated and with no regard whatsoever to the thousands he would have a hand in ultimately killing by allowing these drugs to hit our streets.
Well Done China!
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Added: Tuesday, 29 December, 2009, 06:50 GMT 06:50 UK
The sentence is fair - Chinese citizens are subjected to the same law. The Government of the People's Republic of China is right in proceeding with the execution.
Mental illness? That is a frequent excuse.
In Singapore, 15 g heroin is sufficient to impose the death penalty.
Al T T, Singapore
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Added: Tuesday, 29 December, 2009, 05:47 GMT 05:47 UK
A good drug smuggler is a dead one.
End of.
Simon, Cheshire
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Added: Tuesday, 29 December, 2009, 04:44 GMT 04:44 UK
Why is the UK seeking to interfere in the Chinese judicial system – I』m sure there would be an outcry if the Chinese sought to interfere with British justice. Britain can』t have it both ways.
Steve, Hong Kong
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Added: Tuesday, 29 December, 2009, 04:46 GMT 04:46 UK
Absolutely right for China to execute convicted drug smuggler Akmal Shaikh. Britain does not have any right to interfere in another country's legal system if crimes are committed by its national. Not so long ago a Nigerian born British woman escaped death sentence for drug smuggling in Laos after Britain bullied and demonised Laos claiming she was raped and tortured all this turned out to be lies as soon as she to returned home. Glad China did not bend to British pressure.
Simon, Liverpool
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Added: Tuesday, 29 December, 2009, 06:49 GMT 06:49 UK
Some of the comments in this forum are just downright childish. The fact is this man brought 4 kgs of heroin into a country which, like many others including Singapore and Malaysia, has the death penalty for people convicted of such an offense. There have been endless stories in recent years about people who take parcels for others across borders which are then found to be drugs. It's inconceivable that anyone still believes lack of knowledge of such a parcel's content is a viable defense.
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Added: Tuesday, 29 December, 2009, 06:53 GMT 06:53 UK
The death penalty should be compulsory for all hard drug dealers, pushers and manufacturers found guilty anywhere on the planet. They have no mercy and should be shown none. Execute them -- including those individuals and companies who manufacture fake prescription pharmaceuticals, sell outdated drugs, or make prescription drugs banned as unsafe in Western countries but sold in south nations. No mercy to these murderers.
Rudy Haugeneder, victoria, bc, canada
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