Posted on 04/27/2022 1:48:51 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Singapore is a beautiful place, very safe,
but those boys don’t play.
Don’t spit your gum out on the sidewalk. Don’t throw a ciggie butt out of your car window. And most importantly, don’t mess with drugs in any fashion (no place in SE Asia tolerates drug trafficking...especially Singapore).
On it,at the bottom,were the words "Death Penalty For Drug Traffickers Under Singapore Law". I nearly soiled my underwear despite the fact that I never use,or traffick,drugs.
Also,while waiting in line to get to the immigration/customs desk there was a big sign,in several languages,saying the same thing.Next to it was an "amnesty" bin. I was very tempted to drop my blood pressure meds into it...just in case.
There are at least a few countries,including Singapore,that *will* execute you for drugs...regardless of your nationality or your IQ.
On my first visit the cab driver who took me to my hotel made it a point not to annoy women. He explained that there were very strict laws that would send you to prison for annoying or bothering women.
So I didn't! ;-)
Some of the wittiest people you ever heard speak had very low IQs. Muhammed Ali for example. BEFORE he took all those punches.
I bet they don’t have a fentanyl problem.
And, yes, the signs are posted in all four official languages. That being said, I also concede that it is possible that a guy with a 69 IQ can't read . . . but that point was certainly examined during the trial and the 10 years of appeals.
Boy, good thing Grinder decided against playing for the Singapore Hatchetthrowers.
So what are you supposed to do if you are carrying drugs and you chicken out?
Are you allowed to hand them over before customs without the death sentence?
If he is sane enough to deal drugs then he is sane enough to know better.
“Are you allowed to hand them over before customs without the death sentence?”
Yes. Place them in the amnesty bin. Most nations have the same process. They even have someone you can ask what you think are legal medications but you are not sure.
Go back to the restrooms outside the customs area and flush them, I believe.
Singapore’s British-founded legal system - though not without flaws - is pretty good at figuring out who the real criminals are. Unlike the heavily politicized justice system in today’s USA.
I think a lot of these rules are in place because of the PRC Chinese who make up much of the expat community there. Especially the public urinating (and crapping) and spitting rules.
OMG when the bus tours of Chinese come through, it’s a nightmare. Individual Chinese tourists are mostly ok but the tour busses are a different matter altogether.
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