"We should get comprehensive information about people with high potential danger and keep a close eye on them to maintain social stability," Yang Huanning, vice-minister of Public Security, said recently, according to a transcript posted on Xinhua.net yesterday. <...> Zhang Wuli, 38, killed his wife and son on the morning of Dec 27 in a residential community in Daxing district, Beijing. Zhang was allegedly suffering from mental health problems. On the night of Nov 23, Li Lei, 29, killed his wife, parents and two sons, a 7-year-old primary school student and a 1-year-old baby, also in Daxing. Currently, around 170 million people in China suffer from mental health problems and nearly 16 million of them need medical treatment, statistics show. <...> Pu Zhiqiang, a Beijing-based lawyer said the remarks showed that police would pay more attention to opinions expressed online.
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Zhang Wuli, 38, killed his wife and son on the morning of Dec 27 in a residential community in Daxing district, Beijing. Zhang was allegedly suffering from mental health problems.
On the night of Nov 23, Li Lei, 29, killed his wife, parents and two sons, a 7-year-old primary school student and a 1-year-old baby, also in Daxing.
Currently, around 170 million people in China suffer from mental health problems and nearly 16 million of them need medical treatment, statistics show.
Pu Zhiqiang, a Beijing-based lawyer said the remarks showed that police would pay more attention to opinions expressed online.
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) said Tuesday that it had reviewed and approved the death sentence against Akmal Shaikh, a British man who was convicted of smuggling drugs into China. <...> Officials from the British embassy in China and a British organization had proposed a mental disease examination on Akmal Shaikh, but the documents they provided could not prove he had mental disorder nor did members of his family have history of mental disease, the SPC said. Akmal Shaikh himself did not provide relevant materials regarding him having a mental disease, according to the SPC. "There is no reason to cast doubt on Akmal Shaikh's mental status," the SPC said.
Officials from the British embassy in China and a British organization had proposed a mental disease examination on Akmal Shaikh, but the documents they provided could not prove he had mental disorder nor did members of his family have history of mental disease, the SPC said. Akmal Shaikh himself did not provide relevant materials regarding him having a mental disease, according to the SPC. "There is no reason to cast doubt on Akmal Shaikh's mental status," the SPC said.
A British man convicted of drug smuggling in China has been executed, the Foreign Office has confirmed.Akmal Shaikh, 53, a father-of-three, of London, had denied any wrongdoing and his family said he was mentally ill. The execution took place despite repeated calls from his family and the British government for clemency. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he was "appalled and disappointed". But the Chinese Embassy said Mr Shaikh had no previous record of mental illness.
A British man convicted of drug smuggling in China has been executed, the Foreign Office has confirmed.
Akmal Shaikh, 53, a father-of-three, of London, had denied any wrongdoing and his family said he was mentally ill.
The execution took place despite repeated calls from his family and the British government for clemency.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he was "appalled and disappointed". But the Chinese Embassy said Mr Shaikh had no previous record of mental illness.
