Posted on 01/03/2009 11:24:46 AM PST by BGHater
A 20-year-old Ghanaian has been sentenced to death in Singapore for trafficking 2.6 kilograms (5.73 pounds) of cannabis, the Straits Times reported Saturday.
The High Court convicted and sentenced Chijioke Stephen Obioha on Tuesday after a 21-day trial held last year, it said.
Under Singapore's tough anti-drug laws, the death penalty is mandatory for anyone caught trafficking more than 15 grams of heroin, 30 grams of cocaine or 500 grams of cannabis.
The death penalty is carried out by hanging.
Narcotics officers arrested Obioha in April 2007 following a surveillance operation. He had come to Singapore in 2005 to try out for a football club, the report said.
He was not hired but remained in the city-state working as a middle man for electronics goods dealers. His immigration pass expired in January 2007.
Human rights groups have strongly urged Singapore to abolish the death penalty, but the government maintains that it plays a key role in keeping crime down and is a strong deterrent to organised crime gangs.
In December 2004 Singapore hanged a 25-year-old Australian drug runner Nguyen Tuong Van, despite appeals for clemency by then Prime Minister John Howard.
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Bummer, dude.
I think that would constitute a WAR on drugs.
We just kind of play at it here in the USA.
Don’t do the crime if you can’t face the punishment....
Too bad the guys name isn’t Chad.
We just kind of play at it here in the USA."
The war on drugs is a Quagmire! Retreat! Surrender!
DITTO THE WAR ON POVERTY!!
Wow, 5.5# reefer and death sentence. These guys don’t fool around.
500 grams is just over a pound— hope your math isn’t affected by consumption of the product?? : )
Hope your reading isn't affected by sonsumption of something. :-)
What are you talking about? The story says the man was trafficking 2.6KG which is a bit over 5 and a half pounds.
Sadly a lot of “limited government” conservatives on this site would seek the same sort of laws here, in this land of the “free”.
Hope your spelling hasn't been affected by the consumption of something.
;^)
Mine was and nothing illegal. Plus, I cover such errors via my tagline. :-)
I hate to say this, but if one is a decent, law-abiding capitalist Singapore looks like one of the finest cities in the world in which to live. Would be very interested, in fact, in hearing about what life is really like from anyone who has spent time there.
Massive police state. No free speech, no liberty, no dissent to the Gov’t, massive foreign worker programs, no gun rights.
But it's clean.
I spent time there in the 80’s with USN. It was clean and pretty safe. OTOH possession of two guns (defined as trafficking) of any type for any reason will get you hanged too.
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