China’s Ambassador in London today went to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office after being summoned to explain her country’s execution of Akmal Shaikh, a British citizen.
Mr Shaikh, a convicted drug smuggler who is believed to have suffered from bipolar disorder, was killed by lethal injection early today, despite the personal intervention of Gordon Brown in a telephone call to Wen Jiabao, the Chinese Premier.
The execution was condemned by the Prime Minister and David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, with the Foreign Office minister Ivan Lewis declaring that it made him feel “sick to the stomach”.
Mr Shaikh’s family said that they were “deeply saddened, stunned and disappointed” by the execution.
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