Humanity or Sheltering?

Recently the case that the execution of an British man named Akmal Shaikh causes a heated discussion. Britain criticizes the unhumanity of Chinese legal system and claims that Akmal Shaikh has mental disease, while Chinese government totally ignores their objections and executes this criminal on yesterday morning. The action of Chinese government has angered Britain, Britain even summoned the Chinese Ambassador to London and told her that her country had failed in its basic responsibilities on human rights according to the Times.

But there is one little question which seems so obvious in this case: how does a mentally ill patience manage to arrive in China and "accidentally" takes up a suticase which fills up with heroin? What is the chance of taking a case which is not yours and then finding out it is full of heroin? The reason that Britain gives is so weak and unreasonable. They always accuse Chinese government of being unjustified and dictatorial, but when it comes to their own citzen they stop talking of justice.

According BBC news, a report from the official Chinese news agency Xinhua said that China's Supreme People's Court had not been provided with any documentation proving that Mr Shaikh had a mental disorder.

In a statement, Mr Brown said: "I condemn the execution of Akmal Shaikh in the strongest terms... I am particularly concerned that no mental health assessment was undertaken."