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Your view on the impending execution of Nguyen in Singapore
Excerpts taken from reader's comments section in The Straits Times, the main newspaper in Singapore:
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A man has violated the law of a country, and has been fairly dealt with by a court of law in the country. There was no preferential or negatively biased treatment of the man in the judicial proceedings. If a Singaporean man convicted of murder of an Australian in Australia is sentenced to life imprisonment in Australia, should all Singaporean citizens feel offended? I don't think so. The man deserves whatever punishment is deemed as fair according to the country's laws. What Singaporeans think of the Australian legal system is irrelevant, the only important issue is whether the man has been fairly dealt with by the Australian hand of law. There has been some who have asked for trade sanctions as a form of retaliation against Singapore. I find that incredibly immature to say the least. What are your (objective and unbiased) views on this subject? |
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meh he was stupid enough to go through singas...the strictest place in the world..
duh! if he dies he dies..its not like singapore will change their mind. |
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I think we should give Singapore Michelle Leslie in exchange for Nguyen.
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I feel sorry for the guys mother, who will have to live with this every day.
As for his brother, he will also have to live with the whole "I did it to pay my brothers debt" thing. He would have known what he was doing was regarded as highly illegal in MOST countries, and he certainly would have known that Singapore carried such a penalty for drug trafficking. Knowing this, HE took the risk in doing it, and he got caught...back luck to him! It wasnt as if he was caught with a gram of heroin, he was caught with a LARGE quantity, so he knew what he was doing. If you break a law in another country, you have to face the consequences. To me, this demonstrates that if your a visitor to another country, you keep your mouth shut, your hands to yourself and abide by their laws and customs, and DONT do anything stupid which can get you into trouble. Simple as that. |
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Do the crime, serve the time.
When you go to Singapore, it is not a big secret that you will get the death penalty for drug trafficing. It is on the inbound form you sign on the plane, it is on a huge sign when you get into changi airport and so on and so forth. The dude was stupid enough to have drugs strapped to his body so he has to serve the punishment and thats hang him. If australia had the death penalty still, you watch the crime rate plummet! |
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I don't think the death penalty is a deterrent in cases like this. Desperate people will do desperate things regardless of the consequences. That being said, he knew fully well that there was a risk of being caught in Singapore and the penalty faced would be death. The fact he is an Australian citizen does not make him any "better" than any other person who is caught doing the same thing. The calls by some people to get the federal government to put pressure on the Singaporean government via appeal processes in the UN or via trade and diplomatic sanctions is ludicrous and childish to say the least. Maybe they should jump back on the Shapelle Corby bandwagon again.
The person I feel sorry for is his mum, must be the worst feeling in the world to see your child about to die and not be able to do anything about it. |
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If they tried telling us how to run our 'justice' system, we'd swiftly tell them to get screwed, right? How is this any different? |
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so in the end, i am against capital punishment.
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deadly treadly |
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In any case, whether by bullet or by the gallows, death is supposed to be instantaneous. The rope length is calculated according to the person's body weight. |
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Please explain to me why we have any place telling these people how to run their country, especially when the argument is sparked by a single person who's been convicted of trafficing narcotics? |
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