Note to self: Don't smuggle anything through Singapore.
Not to sell... Don't go to to Singpore Period.
Exactly. Any country that whips the flesh right off your arse for doing something as little as spitting gum out in the street is not a country you want to screw with much less even get near. Why I keep reading about people smuggling drugs of all things into this country is something I`ll never understand in a million years, and it always seems to be people from Australia. The last was that woman who was busted last year.
I bet THEY have won their war on drugs. This how you fight a war you want to win, if you are serious about it.
While I understand how people could be against the death penalty, these same people don't seem to care nearly as much about the destructive consequences of certain illegal and usually heinous activities that give rise to the death penalty.
"Note to self: Don't smuggle anything through Singapore."
EXACTLY!
I heard about a Westerner, I think it was a Dutchman, who was on a direct flight from Thailand to Australia. He was smuggling some kind of drug, but figured correctly that the Thais wouldn't bother him leaving the country, and the severity of punishment in Australia was low enough to make it worth the risk.
However, the plane had mechanical difficulties and diverted to Singapore. The fellow became frantic and was pulled aside for special investigation. The drugs were found and the smuggler was soon hanging by the neck until dead.
So I guess there is a risk in that part of the world even if you are not supposed to be transiting via Singapore.
-ccm