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Akmal Shaikh
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It sits within the topics 1956 births, 2009 deaths and 20th-century British businesspeople.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1956
- Active to
- 2009
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 22
- Total plays
- 303
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Akmal Shaikh was a British national who was convicted and executed in China for drug trafficking. He suffered from mental illness and was tricked into transporting 4 kg (9 lb) of heroin. Shaikh was the first national of an EU country to be executed in China in over 50 years. Shaikh wrote a song Come Little Rabbit. He believed this song would make him a pop star and bring peace to the world. It was recorded with the help of two British musicians, Paul Newberry and Gareth Saunders. <a href="https
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Pakistan
- Place of death
- Ürümqi
- Occupation
- taxi driver
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Islam
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- date of birth
- 1956-04-05
- date of death
- 2009-12-29
- cause of death
- lethal injection
- medical condition
- bipolar disorder
- penalty
- capital punishment
- manner of death
- capital punishment
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- WikiProject Human rights
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