'Don't use drugs' is hanged man's plea

Herald Sun ^ | 3rd December 2005 | Russell Robinson and Mark Dunn

[freeandfreezing]

Also, I'd like to congratulate Singapore for its tough stand against drugs and for the public hanging of an individual smuggling the stuff into the country.

For what its worth he was smuggling heroin out of Singapore.

[fat city]

If Nguyen Tuong Van had only written a couple of children's books, he'd be on appeal with a line of celebs testifying to his "reformation".

[NZerFromHK]

But there was little dignity when his body, wrapped in a white sheet, was picked up by a local undertaker then carried on a stretcher to a funeral parlour in full public view.

Nguyen's family claimed his body within hours and will fly it home tonight for the funeral service in Melbourne he helped plan.

He's lucky this is Singapore that his family could reclaim his body after the execution. When Hong Kong still had capital punishment in the 1960s, even the relatives of the hanged wouldn't be able to reclaim the body. All of the executed were buried in a special cemetery within the prison grounds, and only marked with the criminal's number. Even decades later, relatives even allowed to go in and visit the graves.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Want to know how bad the scourge of drugs can be? Visit any American inner city. The devastation is as bad or worse than the social structure in most Muslim countries. Hang the drug dealers along with the Mullahs for a cleaner more peaceful world.

[CarrotAndStick]

For what its worth he was smuggling heroin out of Singapore.

For what it's really worth, he was smuggling drugs from a third country to Australia, via Singapore. He is guilty. He violated Singapore's laws against bringing drugs into it, even if it is in transit.

[WasDougsLamb]

Its nice to know you approve of the 13 year old selling drugs.

They cant get them all , thats true, but standing by and watching it get worse isnt the answer.


----Obviously you didn't comprehend my post. No where in it does it say I approve of a 13 year old selling drugs. My post stated that the Gov't saying it has a handle on the war on drugs is a crock. Then I gave an example of what happened at a school saying that all thats changed is the big dealers have children doing it. Didn't say anywhere in my post I approved. From now on if you don't even bother to read my post, don't post back ignorant comments that have nothing to do with it.