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Family condemn China over execution

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The family of a British man executed in China for drug smuggling have returned to the UK after failing in their plea for clemency.

Akmal Shaikh, 53, was killed by lethal injection but had denied any wrongdoing.

His family say the Chinese courts failed to take his mental health into account when sentencing him to death.

Daniel Boettcher reports.

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