Brit Executed in China for 4kg heroin

drug_mentor said:
^ Some of your post was very inappropriate, this mentally ill man was executed for taking a substance from point A to point B. Heroin doesn't destroy families, people who can't control their own heroin use destroy families and that is nobodys fault but their own. Adulterated heroin of fluctuating purity is what kills people for the most part, sure its possible to die but most people aren't going to OD knowing their exact dose.

My heart goes out to this guy and his family, it really sucks this had to happen. I wonder how many child molestors, rapists and murderers they let off without being executed over there? Yet this guy has to die.
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Well said...
 
The judges who sentenced him to die apparently LOL'd at his rambling testimony. The chinese gov't is probably LOL'ing over this because they're getting Britain back for the opium wars, and there's nothing they can do to punish them in this day and age.
 
He took the risk and came off second best. China can and will do what ever it likes within its own boarders. What does he expect that he should have been treated differently because he is British? And I fail to see how this is revenge from the Opium wars since China treated him like anyone else they catch, includeing chinese of drug smuggeling. Deadly.
 
4kilos?!!

now how many tonnes do the triads move around daily and probably pay off cops?

death penalty for this case is sad cos it became a poltical dick sizing contest.
 
For the people wanting evidence of mental illness:
At one appeal hearing, against the very strong advice of his lawyers, Akmal read aloud a long, rambling and often incoherent personal statement to the court. Greeted with incredulity and sometimes mirth by court officials, the 50-minute speech demonstrates Akmal’s severe mental unbalance.

On the same day, Reprieve obtained a series of bizarre emails written by Akmal and sent to the British Embassy in Poland. The emails, which number in the hundreds and are exceedingly strange, provide further evidence of a severely disturbed mind.

In the days and hours leading up to Akmal's execution, six independent witnesses came forward to attest to his severe illness. Their statements are below. These statements, together with the full case file on Akmal Shaikh, have been sent repeatedly to the Chinese authorities, and apparently ignored.
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An example of one of these e-mails:
hey old chap have u any marshmallows...i mean luvly bonfire u must roast marshmellows i mean thats NOrMal
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What does he expect that he should have been treated differently because he is British?
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No, he should have been treated differently because he didn't understand his actions.
 
its his own fucking fault for smuggling 4 kilos of HEROIN through CHINA.

the idiot knew the risk.
now hes dead as he ignored the fact he could be executed if caught.

idiot.



and 4 kilos is a lot, but then again, my old flat-mates dad got caught years back with about £12 million worth of heroin and black tar heroin in duffel bags :P

wtf is this world coming to.
 
Sega420 said:
its his own fucking fault for smuggling 4 kilos of HEROIN through CHINA.

the idiot knew the risk.
now hes dead as he ignored the fact he could be executed if caught.

idiot.
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You sound angry. You called him an idiot twice.

I guess that you didn't read most of this thread.
He actually apparently didn't know the risk, as he had fairly severe mental problems.

But even more than that, you seem to me to be a very small-hearted person for saying what you said.
The problem is with the ignorant drug-laws, not the people who try to not get caught.
You are blaming the victim.
People often do this, for many reasons, including the fact that it helps them feel better ("I don't have to feel bad for some guy who was killed for a lame reason because, well, it was his own fault").

This is the same thing that people are doing when they say "she deserved to be raped, wearing such revealing clothing".

It is really a shame that people can't open their hearts more and respect other human beings. Even if the guy knew the risks, does it give us the right to insult him for getting caught and being killed?

I bet you have done some things that were risky in your life, and hoped not to get caught.
Everyone does risky things - even driving a car is risky. When people are killed in an accident, do you spout the same angry words?

Maybe the risk of being caught with heroin in China is greater than the risk of being killed in a car accident. But maybe it isn't. And maybe the guy knew people that did it safely, and it seemed reasonably safe to him.

Let's focus the blame where it belongs - on the evil drug laws that would kill someone for carrying chemicals that generally make people feel good.
 
I think people need to take responsability for their own actions. And just because he may have mental problems I don't believe he should get any better treatment then anyone else. One law for all.
 
static_mind said:
I think people need to take responsability for their own actions. And just because he may have mental problems I don't believe he should get any better treatment then anyone else. One law for all.
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exactly.
i dont give a shit simply because i never knew him, and well, quite frankly it is his own fault. or at least his families.
if he was in that kind of mental state WTF was he doing being allowed to travel asia with enough money to accquire FOUR KILOS of H in the first place??

and its not as if its that easy to find 4 kilos.



fact is, he went through china with 4 kilos. yes, he's an idiot.

and no, im not angry or small hearted.
 
He didn't have the money, and didn't buy the heroin himself. He was given a bag by two strangers, and duped into carrying it into China with a story that appealed to his delusions. Would you hold a small child who was caught with that amount of smack responsible, and say that there should be one law for all? No, you wouldn't, because it would be clear that they did not understand what they were doing, and that they were the victim of someone else's manipulations.
 
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