British media disatisfied with a british sentenced to death in China and called for diplomatic pressure on China
13 Oct2009
Recently, the British Akmal Shaik was sentenced to death due to drug trafficking by Chinese courts.This caused a big uproar in the UK. British media insisted that the person suffering from mental illness, hope that the Chinese Government not to sentence him to death, and called for China’s diplomatic pressure.
British “Daily Telegraph”reported on 12th that the 53-year-old Akmal Shaik was found carrying heroin worth 25 million pounds in Urumqi, Xinjiang Airport,thus sentenced him to death in 2007 in the first trial.Subsequently sentence requested, but was rejected.Last week, the Shaik appeal the second time, China announced that the court ultimately upheld the conviction.
“Daily Post” reported that the Shaik appeal twice to the Chinese court with the main reason that he is suffering from mental disorders, which is common in the United Kingdom. But the Chinese authorities refused to see Shaik’s medical history of mental status examination in the United Kingdom. “Daily Telegraph” quoted Shaik’s legal representatives in China, as saying that Shaik has always stressed that he was lulled by criminal organizations.
British “Guardian” said on 12th that the British Government should exert more diplomatic pressure in this urgent matter.
Liu Nan,Deputy Director of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Research Center of Human Rights,said that criminal suspects should be recognized as a mental patient, identified only by China’s judicial confirmation.Whether Chinese or foreigners, as long as in the Chinese territory, they are subject to the jurisdiction of Chinese law and it can not be shaken.
- In: China news
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