China has been branded the world’s worst executioner as the state kills thousands of people every year using firing squads, lethal injections and mobile death vans.
The true numbers of those killed by the Communist Party are thought to be staggeringly high – but the regime keeps them closely concealed as state secrets.
Human rights experts said the vile system has come into spotlight again after the killing of Chinese tycoon Lai Xiaomin.
He was executed last month on corruption charges – as in China even white collar crimes and drugs charges can land a person on death row.
And should you end up in the dock be wary, as Chinese prosecutors have a conviction rate of around 99 per cent as they doom thousands to execution.
Firing squads and lethal injections are two favourite methods of execution used by China.
Killer jabs were legalised by the regime in the 90s and are sometimes administered in one of the state‘s mobile “execution vans”.
Convicts are said to loaded into van and…