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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·OCTOBER 13, 2009
China

CHINA REVIEWS BRITON'S DEATH SENTENCE

Beijing confirmed the Supreme People’s Court was reviewing the death sentence handed down in Xinjiang to a British citizen for drug trafficking. Akmal Shaikh, 53, was found carrying 4kg of heroin in a suitcase at Urumqi airport on September 12, 2007.

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Beijing confirmed the Supreme People’s Court was reviewing the death sentence handed down in Xinjiang to a British citizen for drug trafficking. Akmal Shaikh, 53, was found carrying 4kg of heroin in a suitcase at Urumqi airport on September 12, 2007. Shaikh allegedly suffers from a serious mental illness.
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  • (Sources: BBC, 14/10/2009)