Akmal Shaikh
Taxi driver and criminal executed for drug offences in China
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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
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1956 births2009 deaths20th-century British businesspeople21st-century British criminals21st-century executions by ChinaBritish drug traffickersBritish expatriates in PolandBritish expatriates in the United StatesBritish MuslimsBritish people executed abroadNaturalised citizens of the United KingdomPakistani emigrants to the United Kingdom