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veggie

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Singapore hangs drug trafficker in resumption of executions 1
#27713596 - 03/30/22 01:15 AM (2 years, 2 months ago) |
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Singapore hangs drug trafficker in resumption of executions March 30, 2022 - Associated Press
SINGAPORE (AP) — A Singaporean man on death row for drug trafficking was hanged Wednesday in the first execution in the city-state in over two years, rights activists said.
Singapore, which has harsh anti-drug laws, had halted executions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and last meted out capital punishment in November 2019.
Abdul Kahar Othman, 68, was hanged early Wednesday, anti-death penalty activist Kirsten Han said. The execution occurred despite pleas from rights activists, including the U.N. Human Rights office, to commute Kahar’s sentence to life imprisonment. Han and several others held a small vigil outside the prison late Tuesday for Kahar.
Kahar, who came from a poor family and had struggled with drug addiction since he was a teenager, spent more time behind bars than as a free man, Han said. He was released from prison in 2005 after a decade of preventive detention. In 2013, Kahar was convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to death two years later.
Kahar’s incarcerations without proper rehabilitation had made it difficult for him to walk new paths, Han said.
Han, along with the U.N. and other rights groups, have expressed concerns that executions might be accelerated in the city-state after a two-year halt.
Transformative Justice Collective, a group working for the reform of Singapore’s criminal justice system, said the families of seven other death row prisoners have recently received execution notices. Their cases were postponed due to legal appeals.
A Malaysian man with a mental disability may be next in line after he lost a final appeal Tuesday against his death sentence.
Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam has been on death row since 2010 for trying to smuggle less than 43 grams (1.5 ounces) of heroin into Singapore. At an earlier court hearing, his IQ was revealed to be 69 — a level internationally recognized as an intellectual disability, but the court ruled Nagaenthran knew what he was doing by violating Singapore’s harsh anti-drug laws.
Rights groups have urged Singapore President Halimah Yacob to pardon Nagaenthran or commute his sentence. Malaysia’s leader, European Union representatives and global figures such as British business magnate Richard Branson have also joined calls for Nagaenthran’s life to be spared.
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nooneman


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Re: Singapore hangs drug trafficker in resumption of executions [Re: veggie] 1
#27714083 - 03/30/22 01:42 PM (2 years, 2 months ago) |
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Don't ever go to singapore. No one should ever go there, and we should all encourage others to not go as well. Who the fuck even wants to go to singapore to begin with? Worthless ass country.
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Amanita86
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Re: Singapore hangs drug trafficker in resumption of executions [Re: veggie] 2
#27714992 - 03/31/22 05:39 AM (2 years, 2 months ago) |
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There are a lot of countries like that regardless of what the progressives will tell you. America isn’t so bad when you take a look around..
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durian_2008
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Re: Singapore hangs drug trafficker in resumption of executions [Re: Amanita86] 1
#27715270 - 03/31/22 10:59 AM (2 years, 2 months ago) |
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My problem is not with privilege and police powers but with chickenshit. We don't know whether the drug dealer is a pacifist or a bad hombre, terrorizing his community.
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kreg
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Re: Singapore hangs drug trafficker in resumption of executions [Re: veggie]
#27715733 - 03/31/22 06:38 PM (2 years, 2 months ago) |
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Although this does seem a little "harsh", [wait a sec, really?? I mean that's entire fucking ounce of heroin. You don't think that's a lot? Uhh... ok dude...] the opium wars were over 150 years ago, China is still fucked up over it. Singapore is conveniently tucked right into what they call "the golden triangle" of heroin trading. Pretty sure it's the reason of all our beloved american gas stations have loads of kratom at all times. Even if they tortured the guy and all of his connections it still wouldn't do shit to the main supply and networks that make it all happen.
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Efforts to end the drug production in the Golden Triangle have been unsuccessfully due to various reasons. One of the reasons is that the drug cartel affairs have been highly integrated into government affairs. As a result, there is rarely a distinction between the drug kingpins and state builders. Moreover, it is also difficult to distinguish between private and public funds for purposes of economic development of Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/where-is-the-golden-triangle.html
For all I know, the government is corrupt and theyre in on it, hence why theyre so harsh, to maintain control over it. Similar to the cocaine situation in mexico right... Probably not though that would be like some crazy conspiracy shit right hahahah ha ha ha
Edited by kreg (03/31/22 06:44 PM)
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durian_2008
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Re: Singapore hangs drug trafficker in resumption of executions [Re: kreg]
#27716398 - 04/01/22 11:19 AM (2 years, 2 months ago) |
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Are they allowed to say the word, marijuana.
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