{"id":182854,"date":"2021-02-19T02:03:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T23:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/chinas-authoritarian-execution-system-spares-no-prisoner\/"},"modified":"2021-02-19T02:03:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T23:03:03","slug":"chinas-authoritarian-execution-system-spares-no-prisoner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chinas-authoritarian-execution-system-spares-no-prisoner\/","title":{"rendered":"#China&#8217;s authoritarian execution system spares no prisoner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22f6ca96990\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chinas-authoritarian-execution-system-spares-no-prisoner\/#What_happened_to_Lai_Xiaomin\" >What happened to Lai Xiaomin?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#China&#8217;s authoritarian execution system spares no prisoner<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>China has been branded the world\u2019s worst executioner as the state kills thousands of people every year using firing squads, lethal injections and mobile death vans.<\/p>\n<p>The true numbers of those killed by the Communist Party are thought to be staggeringly high \u2013 but the regime keeps them closely concealed as state secrets.<\/p>\n<p>Human rights experts told The Sun Online about the vile system which has come into the spotlight again after the killing of Chinese tycoon Lai Xiaomin.<\/p>\n<p>He was executed last month on corruption charges \u2013 as in China even white-collar crimes and drug charges can land on death row.<\/p>\n<p>And should you land yourself in the dock be wary, as Chinese prosecutors have a conviction rate of around 99 percent as they doom thousands to execution.<\/p>\n<p>Firing squads and lethal injections are two favourite methods of execution used by China.<\/p>\n<p>Killer jabs were legalized by the regime in the 90s and are sometimes administered in one of the state\u2019s mobile \u201cexecution vans\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Convicts are said to be loaded into a van and str<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed to a table where they administered the lethal injection.<\/p>\n<p>Organs are then believed harvested from executed prisoners without any permission for use in medicine and scientific experiments.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International has named China as the world\u2019s worst executor by a large margin \u2013 with its body count believed to be larger than the rest of the world\u2019s combine total of 657.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Eleven prisoners who were later executed are shown during a sentencing rally in Wenzhou, China on April 7, 2004.\" class=\"wp-image-17358724 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Eleven prisoners who were later executed during a sentencing rally in Wenzhou, China on April 7, 2004.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">STR\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While other nations had total figures, China\u2019s shadowy death penalty system left the human rights group only able to offer a grim estimate of \u201cthousands\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty\u2019s China researcher Kai Ong told The Sun Online how China often holds mass rallies to announce people being sentenced to death in medieval-style public trials.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Ong said: \u201cThe Chinese government still sees the use of the death penalty as an effective deterrent to crimes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach June, local governments often hold mass sentencing rallies, in which students, teachers and the public are invited to witness the court handing down death penalty to individuals convicted of drug-related crimes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Firing squad executions were meant to have been discontinued in 2010, but there are many examples that this practice continues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Gu Kailai (center), who murdered British businessman Neil Heywood stands trial in the courtroom at Hefei Intermediate People's Court in China on August 20, 2012. \" class=\"wp-image-17358747 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Gu Kailai (center), who murdered British businessman Neil Heywood stands trial in the courtroom at Hefei Inter<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te People\u2019s Court in China on August 20, 2012. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/CCTV via Reuters TV<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For example, Zhao Zewei was gunned down after stabbing nine school children to death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lethal injections have taken over as the main form of execution in the People\u2019s Republic due to their cheaper cost and more secretive nature.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mobile death vans meanwhile allow the execution of prisoners without having to transport them to jail.<\/p>\n<p>These vehicles were introduced in 2003 and although there have been reports that they are no longer used, Amnesty has said this is not the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With secrecy surrounding the Chinese death vans, victims are not often named due to the speed in which they are tried and executed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Chinese officers carry a convicted pirate to court for an appeal trial in Shanwai, China on January 28, 2000.\" class=\"wp-image-17358874 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1333 1333w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Chinese officers carry a convicted pirate to court for an appeal trial in Shanwai, China on January 28, 2000.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">South China Morning Post via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the only victims named as an example was Mafia kingpin Liu Yong, who was given a lethal injection after being tried for wilfully causing harm to others, despite claims his confession was extracted under torture.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Ong told The Sun Online although the Chinese government claims that fewer people are being executed \u2013 this is likely not the case.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_happened_to_Lai_Xiaomin\"><\/span>What happened to Lai Xiaomin?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lai Xiaomin has become the latest high profile execution in China.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The 58-year-old former Chinese state asset manager was killed for soliciting $300 million in bribes between 2008 to 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>He was also accused of starting a secret family while married to his \u201cloyal wife\u201d \u2013 allegations that made it onto his execution charge sheet. Lai was convicted for bigamy and corruption.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Death sentences for white-collar crime are part and parcel of the Chinese justice system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The banker confessed of state television as he reportedly stockpiled luxury cars and gold bars through his role at China\u2019s state banking regulator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Beijing is taking an increasingly tough stance on corporate wrongdoing as the Communist Party endorsed the use of the death penalty for Lai.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe amount of bribes received by Lai Xiaomin was extremely large, the crime\u2019s circumstances were particularly serious and the social impact was particularly severe,\u201d China\u2019s Supreme People\u2019s Court said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>It did not say how Lai was executed, but said he was allowed to meet with close relatives before his death.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Prisoner Liu Tianlong is paraded  in front of thousands of spectators who turned up to watch public executions at Chengdu, China on June 23, 2001.\" class=\"wp-image-17358802 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Prisoner Liu Tianlong is paraded  in front of thousands of spectators who turned up to watch public executions at Chengdu, China on June 23, 2001.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">STR\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The expert added: \u201cAlthough the Chinese government follows the policy of killing fewer, killing cautiously, it also sees the use of the death penalty as an effective deterrent to serious crimes, especially drug-related crimes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chinese authorities continue to impose death sentences and carry out executions for a wide range of offenses, including drug-related offenses, that do not meet the threshold of the \u2018most serious crimes\u2019, to which the death penalty must be restricted under international human rights law.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unlikely that the number of new death sentences and executions will go down significantly in the near future.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And the lack of public outcry on the death penalty in China may not even be due to state secrecy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prof William Schabas, author of Amnesty\u2019s death penalty report, told The Sun Online how members of the public in China simply aren\u2019t that bothered by it, and are even in support of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He told us: \u201cPublic opinion is still quite positive about the death penalty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Chinese police paraded various prisoners during an execution rally at a stadium in Kunming, China on June 26, 2001.\" class=\"wp-image-17358833 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Chinese police paraded various prisoners during an execution rally at a stadium in Kunming, China on June 26, 2001.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">STR\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf you do a survey you\u2019ll find there\u2019s a significant majority of people who are in favor of the death penalty.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Xiaomin, a delegate of the People\u2019s Congress, is far from the first high profile Chinese official to have been executed in China in recent times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former Communist Party chief of a Chinese Village Cai Dongjia was executed in 2019, after being branded the \u201cChinese godfather of crystal meth\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chinese politician and senior lawmaker Duan Yihe was executed after killing his mistress in a car bomb and embezzling around \u00a3400,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>China was also the first country to carry out a coronavirus related execution.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Ma Jinguo was executed after killing two government officials at a coronavirus checkpoint.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg attends his retrial at the Dalian Intermediate People's Court in Dalian, China on Jan. 14, 2019.\" class=\"wp-image-17358903 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-07.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-07.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-07.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-07.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/china-executions-07.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg attends his retrial at the Dalian Intermediate People\u2019s Court in Dalian, China on Jan. 14, 2019.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CCTV via AP, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And meanwhile, Canadian citizen Robert Lloyd Schellenberg remains on death row after being sentenced to death for drug smuggling.<\/p>\n<p>Canada is fighting against his execution as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused the Communist Party of \u201carbitrary\u201d use of the death penalty.\n            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