So where are the anti-death penalty activists now?
So is our local anti-dealth penalty activists going to fight for Noor Atiqah M. Lasim's as well?
http://wherebearsroamfree.blogspot.com/2011/03/so-where-are-anti-death-penalty.html
Saturday, 19 March 2011
So where are the anti-death penalty activists now?
at 9:15:00 AM
When Yong Vui Kong, a Malaysian, was sentenced to the gallows by the Singapore Courts, anti-death penalty activists went into action.
Initially, I thought these activists were asking for the abolishment of the mandatory death sentence on guilty drug pushers (if they exceed a certain amount of drugs). However, as time went by, it appears that they are actually pushing for the TOTAL abolishment of the death sentence itself.
These activists use arguments from the humanitarian angle, saying that it is inhumane to take the life of a young man. Never mind the fact his drug pushing may kill tens of other more young lives who may consume the very drugs he could have been pushing before he was caught.
The hypocrisy of these activists is now exposed. In Malaysia, we have another young person who has been given the death sentence for a drug offence. In fact, if one were to argue on compassionate grounds, this person has a bigger reason to live because she is a young single mother. She has a six-year old child. If she dies, her daughter will have no parents.
She is a Singaporean. Vui Kong is a Malaysian. Yet these Singaporean activists who fought tooth and nail for this Malaysian drug offender leaves their own fellow citizen in the lurch? Here is her story - Death for Singaporean Single Mother For Drug Trafficking
So where are the activists who are so against the death penalty now? Why have they been so silent?
Why have they abandoned a Singaporean who is about to die in Malaysia, but publicise the case of a Malaysian criminal who committed the same crime?
Is it because Vui Kong's case carries more political leverage, whereas the Singapore mother's case is of no political value?
Has not the hypocrisy of the anti-death campaigners been exposed?
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http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=571834
March 18, 2011 14:14 PM
Death For Singaporean Single Mother For Drug Trafficking
SHAH ALAM, March 18 (Bernama) -- The Shah Alam High Court today sentenced a Singaporean single mother to death for trafficking in drugs at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT), two years ago.
Judge Noor Azian Shaari delivered the sentence on Noor Atiqah M. Lasim, 27, after the defence failed to establish reasonable doubt on the charge under Section 39B (2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
The accused, who worked as a legal assistant in the republic, was alleged to have trafficked in 342.1 grammes of heroin and 30.3 grammes of monoacethyl morphine at the LCCT on Jan 5, 2009.
When delivering the decision, Noor Azian said the prosecution had proven a prima facie case against Noor Atiqah.
After evaluation of the facts and statement, the court found the accused had custody and control of the drugs and called for her defence.
According to Noor Azian, the defendant's statement that the bag containing the drugs belonged to another person was difficult to believe and unreasonable.
Noor Atiqah, mother of a six-year-old girl, was represented by counsel Mohaji Selamat while Wan Zuraida Wan Nawan was deputy public prosecutor.
-- BERNAMAgl
So is our local anti-dealth penalty activists going to fight for Noor Atiqah M. Lasim's as well?
http://wherebearsroamfree.blogspot.com/2011/03/so-where-are-anti-death-penalty.html
Saturday, 19 March 2011
So where are the anti-death penalty activists now?
at 9:15:00 AM
When Yong Vui Kong, a Malaysian, was sentenced to the gallows by the Singapore Courts, anti-death penalty activists went into action.
Initially, I thought these activists were asking for the abolishment of the mandatory death sentence on guilty drug pushers (if they exceed a certain amount of drugs). However, as time went by, it appears that they are actually pushing for the TOTAL abolishment of the death sentence itself.
These activists use arguments from the humanitarian angle, saying that it is inhumane to take the life of a young man. Never mind the fact his drug pushing may kill tens of other more young lives who may consume the very drugs he could have been pushing before he was caught.
The hypocrisy of these activists is now exposed. In Malaysia, we have another young person who has been given the death sentence for a drug offence. In fact, if one were to argue on compassionate grounds, this person has a bigger reason to live because she is a young single mother. She has a six-year old child. If she dies, her daughter will have no parents.
She is a Singaporean. Vui Kong is a Malaysian. Yet these Singaporean activists who fought tooth and nail for this Malaysian drug offender leaves their own fellow citizen in the lurch? Here is her story - Death for Singaporean Single Mother For Drug Trafficking
So where are the activists who are so against the death penalty now? Why have they been so silent?
Why have they abandoned a Singaporean who is about to die in Malaysia, but publicise the case of a Malaysian criminal who committed the same crime?
Is it because Vui Kong's case carries more political leverage, whereas the Singapore mother's case is of no political value?
Has not the hypocrisy of the anti-death campaigners been exposed?
========================================
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=571834
March 18, 2011 14:14 PM
Death For Singaporean Single Mother For Drug Trafficking
SHAH ALAM, March 18 (Bernama) -- The Shah Alam High Court today sentenced a Singaporean single mother to death for trafficking in drugs at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT), two years ago.
Judge Noor Azian Shaari delivered the sentence on Noor Atiqah M. Lasim, 27, after the defence failed to establish reasonable doubt on the charge under Section 39B (2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
The accused, who worked as a legal assistant in the republic, was alleged to have trafficked in 342.1 grammes of heroin and 30.3 grammes of monoacethyl morphine at the LCCT on Jan 5, 2009.
When delivering the decision, Noor Azian said the prosecution had proven a prima facie case against Noor Atiqah.
After evaluation of the facts and statement, the court found the accused had custody and control of the drugs and called for her defence.
According to Noor Azian, the defendant's statement that the bag containing the drugs belonged to another person was difficult to believe and unreasonable.
Noor Atiqah, mother of a six-year-old girl, was represented by counsel Mohaji Selamat while Wan Zuraida Wan Nawan was deputy public prosecutor.
-- BERNAMAgl
