CHINA SET TO EXECUTE MENTALLY ILL BRITON FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
China is scheduled to execute a mentally ill British national after the Supreme Court turned down his appeal.
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China is scheduled to execute a mentally ill British national after the Supreme Court turned down his appeal. Akmal Shaikh, who suffers from bi-polar disorder, is set for execution December 29. He was arrested in September 2007 in Urumqi, northwest China, with a suitcase containing drugs.
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- (Sources: Bloomberg.com, 22/12/2009)
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