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Originally Posted by Moldova
The piece you posted from my previous post says that they had 2 years to provide external medical proof and they failed so any examination would only show illness after he was caught not prior to or at the time of the smuggling.
Doctors keep medical records of patients but the were none for him showing mental illness, speaks of desperation and trying to use any means to stop his execution.
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I'll quote your link again for you
"Chinese law says a defendant's mental state should be taken into consideration if they are accused of serious crimes, but the Chinese authorities have refused repeated requests for Shaikh to be evaluated by a doctor."
That's
their law that
they ignored. Does that make it any clearer for you? As Chris has said they
wanted him dead and, it would appear, at any cost. The judiciary, and indeed a fair contingent of the population, have not forgotten England's complicity in the
opium wars and they will be seeking restitution and revenge for quite some time to come.