Akmal Shaikh

Akmal Shaikh (5 April 1956 – 29 December 2009) was a British citizen, originally from Pakistan, who was executed in Urumqi, China, by lethal injection. Shaikh was the first EU national to be executed in China in 50 years. The father of five took heroin from a friend named "Okole" unknowingly to China in a suitcase on a plane. China defended its decision to put Shaikh to death and stated it had acted according to Chinese law.

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Category:1956 births
Category:2009 deaths
Category:British people convicted of drug offences

Category:Drug dealers
Category:Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom
Category:Pakistani Muslims
Category:People executed by lethal injection