[idi banashapan]

sorry, Mr. Angry, but the guy was caught smuggling a large amount of a very illegal substance.

he chose to carry a package for someone else on a plane. a package which we can only assume he did not check.

the person he held it for told him they would meet him at the other end of the journey to retrieve the package, which in itself should ring alarm bells - why didn't the person take it themselves if they are going there anyway?

Bi-Polar, the disorder which is being used in connection with this mans name, does not make one stupid nor naive. if it were affecting his lifes judgement so much as to let him agree to carry a parcel in the alleged circumstances set out above, then;
1) I find it hard to believe he could have successfully organised, funded and travelled the journey by himself, or
2) he should have been accompanied by one of his friends or family, whom are now stating the believed he was suffering mental illness since around 2001.

if the latter is true, why did they apparently not seek medical help for him many years ago?

At the end of the day, he was caught carrying out an illegal process in China by the Chinese. He was sentenced there under their laws. the UK has no part to play in their laws and nor should they, as we would not expect the Chinese to have over our own laws in the UK.

in my personal view, this is simply a case of him actually getting caught. the media has had such a frenzy over it because the UK/Chinese relationship is currently strained as China is becoming wealthy and powerful and all without the 'backing' (though I feel 'consent' is a more apt term) of the western world which, obviously, the UK and US don't like as it means they cannot tell China how to run the country or how and who to trade with (ie, in US dollars).

he has been caught.
he has been executed.
the drugs are off the street is he is no longer drug running. in my view, the situation has been dealt with for the best all round outcome.
he should not have been running drugs.
he should not have been holding a parcel on a plane for the bigger boys in the playground - ESPECIALLY without checking it (which in itself is idiotic and not a result of Bi-Polar).

I personally think some praise is due to the Chinese in the handling of the situation for the fact they stuck to their guns and carried it through without being bullied by the West. unfortunately, this has led to a great propaganda story for the UK media, making out the Chinese are the baddies when in fact it was a Brit who was totally breaking the law and aiding the life-wrecking and potential death of some estimated 28 thousand heroine abusers and fuelling the continued running and pushing of a very dangerous substance. If only all countries took it as seriously as the Chinese, a lot more lives would be saved. not only those of the users, but those of their families too, who have to suffer the aftermath of dealing with drug abuse and possible death of loved ones due to it.