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Asia:
Singapore
Executes
Australian
for
Drug
Smuggling
12/2/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/413/deathpenalty.shtml
Just before dawn this morning,
Singapore executed Australian citizen Nguyen Tuong Van, 25, despite global
appeals for clemency. Nguyen was condemned death after being caught
carrying 14 ounces of heroin when he transited the Singapore airport while
traveling from Cambodia to Australia.
"The sentence was carried
out this morning at Changi Prison," the Australian Home Affairs Ministry
said in a statement.
About a dozen friends and
family supporters dressed in black kept a vigil outside the prison.
Among them was Nguyen's twin brother, Nguyen Khoa. Vigils also took
place in cities around Australia, where bells and gongs sounded 25 times
at the hour of his execution.
Singapore has executed more
than 100 people for drug offenses since 1999.
Australian leaders pleaded
for clemency for Nguyen, but Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong ignored
them. "We have stated our position clearly," Lee said Thursday in
Berlin. "The penalty is death."
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