article_snippet.sent: A high-level ministerial briefing exclusively obtained by Daily Mail Australia reveals an 'unprecedented' number of Australians could face the death penalty in China for drug smuggling.
article_snippet.sent: The revelation follows widespread public anger at Indonesia's executions of Australian nationals Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan despite the pleas of the Federal government.
article_snippet.sent: It also comes as one of the few Australians known to be facing death row in China - Sydney man Peter Gardner - had Peter Gardner - had case pushed forward by six months. '
article_snippet.sent: The number and seriousness of current cases of Australians potentially facing the death penalty in China is unprecedented,' said the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade document, which was dated December 2, 2014.
article_snippet.sent: The exact number facing possible death sentences was redacted in the briefing, obtained under freedom of information laws, which added: 'None of those detained was born in China or is a former Chinese national. '
article_snippet.sent: Ms Kulak, told Daily Mail Australia: 'China executes more people than the rest of the world combined.' 'With a 99 per cent conviction rate in China, once you are sentences to death, it is a very precarious situation you are in,' Ms Kulak said.
article_snippet.sent: Approximately 8 per cent of all recorded executions in China last year were carried out for drug-related crimes, Amnesty said.
highlights_snippet.sent: Number and seriousness of Australians facing death penalty in China is 'unprecedented'
  That's according to a high-level ministerial briefing obtained by Daily Mail Australia under freedom of information laws .
  