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The ashes of Janice Bronwyn Linden, executed in China on Monday, have been handed to a South African diplomat to be given to her family.<\/p>\n
Linden, 35, from Wentworth in KwaZulu-Natal, was executed by lethal injection for drug smuggling.<\/p>\n
This was despite efforts of the South African government and President Jacob Zuma to intervene.<\/p>\n
Linden was informed of her execution only a short while before it was carried out, according to Chinese policy.<\/p>\n
Her two sisters visited her on Sunday, but were not allowed to tell her that it was her last hours and that they would not see her again.<\/p>\n
She was arrested three years ago at the Baiyun International Airport, in China, after 3kg of tik (crystal methamphetamine) was found in her luggage. She was convicted of drug smuggling in 2009.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer ashes have been given to a South African diplomat and will be handed over to her family,\u201d International Relations department spokesman Clayson Monyela said.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Linden\u2019s sisters returned from China. Sister Priscilla Mthalane looked tired and said the family needed time to decide if they would speak to the media.<\/p>\n
The family was \u201ctired and stressed by the whole thing\u201d.<\/p>\n
Family friend Peter Ronald said Linden\u2019s father Wellington was \u201ccut up\u201d about his daughter\u2019s death. He was very upset and did not want to be seen by anyone, Ronald said.<\/p>\n
On Facebook, Linden\u2019s friend Noeleen Brauns on Monday described her as a sweet, loving girl and asked friends and family to remember and pray for her.<\/p>\n
\u201cMorning guys. To all of us that know Nicky. Could we please remember her in prayer as this is her last day. Let us remember that she is a child of God. We serve a Loving forgiving God. He loves her with all her faults. None of us without sin,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Leanne Jacobs said: \u201cAfter all the stories settle and the media moves on, (you) will always remain HIS beautiful crazy charismatic creation\u2026 RIP NICKY\u2026(You) will be missed and we will never forget all those precious moments we shared with (you).\u201d<\/p>\n
Monyela said they had worked closely with Linden\u2019s family, and \u201cembassy officials are there to provide the family with consular support\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the necessary interventions were done at every possible level, even the highest ones,\u201d said Monyela, indicating that included Zuma himself. \u201cEverything had to happen through diplomatic processes and there is very little that can be done around that.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the execution would not impact on South Africa\u2019s trade relationship with China.<\/p>\n
The SA Human Rights Commission said the government\u2019s foreign policy was focused more on trading with China, and had failed to consider human rights.<\/p>\n
Spokesman Vincent Moaga said Linden\u2019s sentence was \u201ca violation of commonly accepted basic human rights, particularly the rights to life and dignity\u201d.<\/p>\n
He said the commission recognised China\u2019s right to punish those found guilty of crimes, but opposed the sentence.<\/p>\n
The IFP said the Chinese should have considered their trade relations with SA before executing Linden.<\/p>\n
The DA said the government had not done enough to prevent the execution. \u201cWhile we firmly believe that drug mules should be punished for their offences, this punishment does not fit the crime,\u201d MP Stevens Mokgalapa said.<\/p>\n
Mokgalapa, who is also international relations shadow deputy minister, said the DA would submit parliamentary questions. These would include what the South African government did to intervene when Linden was initially sentenced, steps taken since the sentencing to get the sentence commuted, which Chinese authorities the Department of International Relations \u201cengaged\u201d, and the outcomes of these engagements and the nature of \u201cconsular assistance\u201d that was provided to Linden\u2019s family.<\/p>\n
An eNews correspondent in Asia said Linden\u2019s execution could have been commuted to a life sentence if she had confessed to the smuggling.<\/p>\n
One of Linden\u2019s relatives told Independent Newspapers she had been framed: \u201cWe communicated with letters. She said she didn\u2019t know how the drugs got into her luggage. Her sentence is not justified. How can you take a person\u2019s life for 3kg of methamphetamine?\u201d – Pretoria News<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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