Sunburnt on Sunday, February 12, 2006
96% of our comrades in singapore had favoured the capital punishment(sunday times today) as a deterrence for future drug trafficking offenses, as well as other heinous crimes. Despite the protests by the Australians, Singapore has gone ahead with the hanging of australian Nguyen Tuong Van for drug trafficking in singapore.
It's a good sign that singaporeans unanimously stand by this death penalty despite other countries who are doing it away totally.
I remembered i got this relative whom i am not that close with. The "grandma" was the second wife of my maternal grandfather who was a Thai chinese. She got this son who had gotten into drug trafficking offence and was due for a dealth penalty. My parents and aunt had gone to see him for the last time in the prison. Apparently they were childhood mates because that feud between first and second wives was never in existent back those times. They were pretty close.
All i remember was that i went for his funeral, in some funeral parlour. Don't ask me why it wasn't held under some block or something. I really dunno. But seeing my grandma so calm and composed that night really makes me feel all the more sad for her.
For the past 3 years, there were in all 35 people who were hanged. Whether this number is significantly large i am not sure.
Nick was out in the sun at
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