Friends of an Australian actor and motivational speaker sentenced to death in China have called on the federal government to step up efforts to secure his release. Karm Gilespie has been sentenced to death by a court in Guangzhou, in southern China, for drug smuggling.He was arrested in the city in 2013, attempting to board an international flight with more than 7.5 kilograms of methamphetamine in his luggage.
According to the LinkedIn page of Mr Gilespie, he was a Melbourne-based actor who had been on television shows Blue Heelers and The Man.The federal government on Sunday said it does not necessarily view his sentencing as connected to ongoing tensions between Australia and China.Tensions further flared this week when the Chinese government warned international students thinking of studying in Australia of"racist incidents against Asians".
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
Watch us spend lots of money trying to save a white drug smuggler while a family is stuck on Xmas island & need to be HomeToBilo
Why release drug seller,let him be example to future ones,one less
No risk No reward...
Why put a sob story twist on it , Do the crime accept the punishment simple
Nope. He knew the risks and the rewards of his very dangerous actions. Stupid games, stupid prizes, etc. No sympathy for anyone who was willing to destroy lives with such an insidious and addictive drug.
7.5 kilos of meth!!? Jesus Christ. What was he thinking?
10 years in China! All knew to sell drugs was death.
China saver-rattling, most likely won’t be excecuted!
I agree, if anything this pandemic has proved is how important actors are. I don't think we could of got thro without them.
Jesus! 7.5kg of meth? I'm sorry for his family and sorry he made such a bad lifestyle choice, however our roads and A&Es are full of agro meth heads. It's a hideous scourge and addiction. The sentence has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with risk and money.
7.5Kg of ice? If someone go to another country,he/she should respect their law. Even in Australia 7.5kg of ice is lots of drugs, he was an TV actor but he is an drifter realer now. Media please speak out the truth
Smugglers gonna smuggle.
Play the game... win the prize
SBS gleefully supports Riots , Looting and Cop killing and now want us to lament a drug smuggler on death row, you guys are sick ,demented and should be defunded!
SBS, shame on you for this misleading headline. You are a joke !
IMO there’s more to this story than has been told. If he disappeared presumably taken into custody for attempted drug smuggling 7 years ago he would’ve been paraded in front of the media there & then.🧐
FK me!!! Will SBS' double standards never end. They will pile on distinguished police officers at the smell of a complaint from a criminal but publish this tripe about a convicted drug dealer. Defund now!!
Death penalty is never appropriate but 8 kgs! All I can think of is Breaking Bad and how long it took to cook 1 kilo..
You intentionally hide the fact he is also a drug dealer bringing 7.5kg Amphetamines to China on your headline. SHAME on you, the designed media.
Lol. 7.5kg of ice! Honey no ...
baity headline, bloke took nearly 8 kilos of life ruining drugs with himself on a plane, knowing full well the risk of what he was doing. death penalty might not be appropriate but bloke should be thrown in prison for life otherwise. meth ruins lives and families.
You do the crime you pay the price
Who
Druggies don't deserve tax payer funded help. Let him die at the hands of CCP as an example to others..
Anyone else see China rolling over for Australia on this? 🤔
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Why? Should we interfere in China's internal affairs, assuming this fellow got a fair trial?
He was smuggling drugs. No doubt to sell !
karmgilespie deathrow drugs auspol unfortunately for Karm he made the decision to traffic drugs. Sad story but he knew the risks.
Get Ex Police Comm Mick Keelty to represent you. He did such a Stirling Job for the Bali Nine
知道大使成竞业的厉害了吧？他的一句话，就可以杀掉一个澳洲人，也可以毁掉两国的关系，除非你给他跪下。
7 yrs later...sentence to death...judicial system in China just to carry out its master’s agenda n revenge...
Drug smuggler...made his bed etc...
Maybe he should of given himself a motivational speech about not being a drug dealer
I would advise Australians not to travel to China or buy their products as it is a hostile zone. Look at what they are doing in Hong Kong.
Why now AU government and media try to link everything to politics, he is a drug dealer. Why the government waste public resources to defend a drug dealer?
Didn't the Bali 9 teach anyone about smuggling to Asian countries.
He's white tho. Cmon guys, only black lives matter. That said, this sudden decision by China to murder an Australian is a test of our leaders' resolve.
China is a full lefturd regime. Which is consistent with Poor human rights records. What did you expect would happen to him 🤷♂️😏
dont go to racist, white-hating CHYNAH, people! you have nothing to gain
Why?
What 7 years later, but Simon says not necessarily related to the political freeze!
drug is illegal in china, its an instant death sentence if you're caught. stop whining
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