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Anger as China Executes 'Mentally Ill' Briton

URUMQI,China-China brushed aside international appeals Tuesday and executed by lethal injection a British drug smuggler who relatives say was mentally unstable and unwittingly lured into crime.Britain's prime minister said he was "appalled" at the execution of 53-year old Akmal Shaikh — China's first of a European citizen in nearly 60 years. His government summoned the Chinese ambassador in London to express its anger.
China defended its handling of the case, saying there not been documentary proof Shaikh was mentally ill. Beijing also criticized Gordon Brown's comments, but said it hoped the case would not harm bilateral relations. The Foreign Ministry called on London not to create any "obstacles" to better ties...
Picture Left:Akmal Shaikh is seen in this undated photo taken in Warsaw, Poland.(Luis Belmonte Diaz, Reprieve)


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