Chinese Death Van.

Posted by Alex in Crime & Law on June 17, 2006 at 11:36 am


Remember a previous post on Neatorama on mobile gallows in Africa? Well, China took it one step further. Executions there are carried out in a more modern fashion: in a mobile execution chamber inside a "death van" that shuttles from town to town.

Makers of the death vans say the vehicles and injections are a civilized alternative to the firing squad, ending the life of the condemned more quickly, clinically and safely. The switch from gunshots to injections is a sign that China "promotes human rights now," says Kang Zhongwen, who designed the Jinguan Automobile death van …

From the outside, the vans resemble the police vehicles seen daily on China’s roads. A look inside reveals their function.

"I’m most proud of the bed. It’s very humane, like an ambulance," Kang says. He points to the power-driven metal stretcher that glides out at an incline. "It’s too brutal to haul a person aboard," he says. "This makes it convenient for the criminal and the guards."

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7 comments to "Chinese Death Van."

  1. Misterteacher
    June 17th, 2006 at 10:03 pm

    Is it just me, or does this thing look exactly like a Transformer??

  2. Saskboy
    June 18th, 2006 at 1:28 am

    If it is a Transformer, no doubt it's a Deceptacon.

  3. rob nelson
    June 18th, 2006 at 6:33 pm

    With such a tidy way of killing unwanted citizens, I cant help wondering if this van includes provisions for harvesting organs. My own dad died waiting for a heart transplant. He could've flown to China for one 'on demand' but prefered to die than participate in Chinese atrocities. Happy Father's Day dad, I'll always be proud of you.

  4. Deathlicker
    October 5th, 2006 at 7:02 pm

    I believe it's a smoother way to die in China, rather than a natural one...
    Maybe we can buy a death kit in our local tesco soon...
    That still remembers me about the death trucks in Germany during WW2 (you got it co2!)
    After all, isn't China improving the fate of the planet?
    Sending more co2 and having to deal with the population.
    (Oh sorry we had a shag and a baby is expected now...)
    What a horrible way to run a nation!
    Please do it wisely but first of all: abandon communism, because what you are doing rite now is not communism
    And you are the firsts to know it...

  5. carlos
    November 16th, 2006 at 9:21 am

    chinneese people are ugly

  6. happy8
    November 22nd, 2006 at 5:39 pm

    i'm sorry to tell you..but that is not a death van...
    did you do any search before putting this pic on web?

    let's me tell you, that is just van wish belongs to the
    justice court, used to transport peoples....

    They DO NOT juge people inside of it.

  7. Alex
    November 22nd, 2006 at 7:31 pm

    happy8, according to the article, it is a death van.


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