Capital Punishment in Singapore
Sigh. I still find this extremely disturbing.
Possession of a certain kinds of drugs over the threshold quantity receives a mandatory death sentence.
And:
"'Any person found in or escaping from any place or premises which is proved or presumed to be used for the purpose of smoking or administering a controlled drug shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to have been smoking or administering a controlled drug in that place or premises.' Thus, it is dangerous to even be in the company of drug users."
I hate to think that a person is guilty until proven otherwise.
I think the disturbing thing is such a punishment serves to prove one thing -- Singapore cannot even tolerate a bit of decadence.
Two cases that caught my eye are those of two Hong Kong women, both 18 years old at the time of their crime; and a young Macao mother was was 25 at time of execution.
Seriously, for all those people who based their arguments against the repealing of S377A--that homosexuality breaks the nuclear family unit, what about the government sending young mothers to death and orphaning their kids?? What, is no parent better than 2 same sex parents???
Reading the article just drives me up the wall. I might leave Singapore forever. Despite loving the culture and food, I dont think I can live in a place and call it Home, when all it does is suspect me.
Sigh. I still find this extremely disturbing.
Possession of a certain kinds of drugs over the threshold quantity receives a mandatory death sentence.
And:
"'Any person found in or escaping from any place or premises which is proved or presumed to be used for the purpose of smoking or administering a controlled drug shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to have been smoking or administering a controlled drug in that place or premises.' Thus, it is dangerous to even be in the company of drug users."
I hate to think that a person is guilty until proven otherwise.
I think the disturbing thing is such a punishment serves to prove one thing -- Singapore cannot even tolerate a bit of decadence.
Two cases that caught my eye are those of two Hong Kong women, both 18 years old at the time of their crime; and a young Macao mother was was 25 at time of execution.
Seriously, for all those people who based their arguments against the repealing of S377A--that homosexuality breaks the nuclear family unit, what about the government sending young mothers to death and orphaning their kids?? What, is no parent better than 2 same sex parents???
Reading the article just drives me up the wall. I might leave Singapore forever. Despite loving the culture and food, I dont think I can live in a place and call it Home, when all it does is suspect me.
