Associated Press has announced that China is planning to execute a British citizen on Dec 29th. Akmal Shaikh, 53, was arrested with a suitcase containing nearly nine pounds of heroin in Urumqi two years ago.
According to his lawyers and family, Mr. Shaikh is a sufferer of bipolar disorder. It is claimed that he went to China dreaming of being a pop star and was given the suitcase in Kyrgyzstan by a man who he believed would make him famous.
According to Article 18 of China’s Criminal Law, somebody who is suffering from a mental disorder but who has not lost the ability to recognise his own actions still bears criminal responsibility but medical evidence should be considered during sentencing. Mr. Shaikh’s lawyers say that they have been denied the right to give medical evidence in his favour.
Monday, 21 December 2009
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