Yahoo editor posted this question"In light of the recent public outcry on the sentencing of Malaysia citizen Yong Vui Kong to be executed by hanging, and the controversial book on Singapore's death penalty system by British author Alan Shadrake, should the Singapore government budge and lower their stance on administering the death penalty? "
According to my best friend, Wikipedia, Singapore has been using capital punishment (aka. death penalty) since it was a British colony. Being a country vying to be top in almost everything, we didn't lose out in executing capital punishment either. Wiki said that Singapore had the highest per-capita execution rate in the world between 1994 and 1999, estimated by the United Nations to be 13.57 executions per one million population during that period. Having grown up in an environment where public caning was a common sight in schools, I have been brought up to understand that capital punishment works!
In view of that, I do not think that capital punishment should be abolished. Most would have already know the penal code where commission of certain offences would lead to the city-state having to play hangman with you. Wiki said that 70% of death penalties are drug-related offences. Unfortunately, a certain group of people do not take Singapore too seriously...they decided that they should test the Singapore legal system over and over again. Friends, Singapore's low crime rate does not come about because most of us are angels sent down from above (some have two horns underneath their halos). It came about because the island stick to her rules and meant what she says. So the next time you picked up an embarkation card from immigration, do take the time to read the entire thing.....drug trafficking is not in the fine prints! Instead, it's bold, caps and red...you can't miss it!
Additional reads
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Singapore
- http://singabloodypore.rsfblog.org/archive/2009/11/10/urgent-yong-vui-kong-s-appeal.html
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