For the love of humanity
Nguyen Tuong Van [wikipedia.com], an Australian citizen was arrested in Singapore for drug trafficing in 2002, and was sentenced to death by hanging. He will breathe his last breath in less than a day from now. After all the efforts to save his life had failed, his mother plead to be able to hug her son for one last time before he is executed. Her plea was rejected, and is now being reconsidered [cnn.com] due to pressure from the Australian goverment.
This just blows my mind. I do not agree that he should be hanged in the first place, but I will let it slide since it is the law of their land and I respect their soverignity; but I see no justification in them not allowing contact between a son and his mother. How can a goverment be so insensitive as a to deprive a mother of a last hug from her son? Isn’t it bad enough that she has endure the agony of his death? Why is she being punished for her son’s mistake? Have the Singaporean citizens have lost all morality and humanity? If they do not change their mind about this, I am going to boycott everything made in Singapore, and I would strongly urge you to do the same.
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By compassioNAT, December 30, 2005 @ 8:43 am
It’s not very nice to propagate the boycotting of Singapore goods without understanding the full story.
Nyugen’s mother was eventually permitted to make contact with her son on the day of his execution. They is a reason why authorities do not allow physical contact- It has been known to have a tramatic effect on the family members.
I sympathise with the mother. She is the biggest victim of her’s son’s undoing. But I do not pity Nyguyen. He is a drug pusher who is fully aware of his crime and the stakes. He rolled the dice anyway and now had to pay the price. He had enough drugs on him to make 26,000 hits on the streets. Just imagine the consequences! We have heard enough horror stories about drugs and the adverse effects it has on the immediate family of the affected person.
Singapore is relatively drug free and safe to live in because of the strict laws that were put into place. There is a reason why such laws are in place. We simply can’t afford for drug pusher to roam freely around the streets.
You need to read up more about Singapore’s justification for such a practice before making a post as radical as this.