If you take away a person's life willingly you are playing God. No one on this earth has that kind of authority, and executions are an example how people in this world abuse their power. It is an inhumane act that violates human rights. Please, spare him.
As a Singaporean i do not believe that the death penalty should be abolish. Yet special situations demand for special actions.His dealth will do no good in stopping attempts to traffick drug iito the country. Instead it will merely serve to make it even more risk worthy to traffick and allow druglords to pick on the desperates to act as mules
I grew up in S'pore as a child in a community that respected, supported,cherished and complimented family life.
The coldness and the harshness of the S'pore regime makes me angry and sad to see that the basic tenets of my childhood are totally non existent in my country of origin. Nguyen is paying the ultimate price for saving his brother's life; right or wrong, how many of us if faced with this dilemma would make the same choice?
Show the world (S'pore), that you still value family, individual and human life.
Drugs are everywhere in society, I grew up around them and was forced to make decisions on whether or not I should use them on more than one occasion in my life. Sure, people like Nguyen Tuong Van must accept some responsibility for what they are doing, however it is not them who are forcing the end user to buy the product or use it. Does taking responsibility for what he has done mean he must accept his own execution? Each time a drug user buys a drug from a street dealer they contribute to that economy and ultimately pay the highest price to the dealer who then feeds the chain behind them. The popular belief that he is getting what he deserves is incorrect as it does not extend to each user that purchases the product in our own country (or Singapore's for that matter). These people are often pitied and given many chances to redeem themselves even though it is them that steal, beg and borrow from anywhere they can and push all that money into international drug syndicates. Nguyen Tuong Van was quite the opposite, heavily in debt because of his brothers stupidity he has taken a chance that was not worth taking. Even if his life is spared he will spend an eternity in a Singapore prison. I urge every Australian to extend the outrage given to Ms Corby to Nguyen Tuong Van and stop his unlawful execution.
to the australian gov. please lets all united and help mr.tuong-van.
just look at his mothers eyes and you can see her pain. in the name of god almighty who is king of kings. please i beg you. may you be able to sleep with what you have done to help mr.tuon-van and others alike. god is watching us. thank you.god bless us all.
Singapore law has the provision for clemency to be granted: Nguyen Tuong Van has satisfied the criteria for the awarding of clemency. Please show this young man mercy. He was not importing the heroine into Singapore - it was destined for Australia. The death penalty is abhorent no matter the crime, but to kill this young man defies all that it is to be human.
There is little proof this king of Punishment acts as a deterent. This man may well be of more value to authorities alive as he testifies in an attempt to catch the "big player" in the hideous drug trade. I sincerely doubt Nguyen Tuong Van is a career criminal. State sanctioned murder is no lesser sin than selling and profiting from drugs. Please spare Nguyen Tuong Van life, I implore you.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I do think that this kind of crime should be punished.
I also repect the laws of the foreign country.
But I do feel that no one but god has the rights to take ones live.
So please do not impose the death penalty.
Yours faithfully,
Ben
We ask that the Govt of Singapore shows some compassion by commuting Mr Nguyen,s death sentence. Singapore is a civilized country and to carry out the death sentence will diminish the standing Singapore has in Australia and other civilized countries
The decision to kill Van should be revoked.
Aside from the fact that the death penalty is wrong, inhumane, non-compasionate to all involved, and unproductive, Van in particular should not be killed for this crime because:
1. he grew up in a culture that does not use the death penalty, and therefore he cannot be expected to have had a true understanding that he would recieve this harsh punishment for committing this crime.
2. Van could provide valuable, on-going information to police to prevent further drug trafficking
3. The goal is to stop drug trafficking, it is unnecessary to KILL Van in order to do this. Other punishment, rehabilitation, and society-protecting measures are available that are: - more appropriate
- more productive and beneficial for society as a whole
- more humane to both Van and his family
- more educative for the people of the world.
For those who've never had to struggle in life, it is hard for them to understand the desperation of those less fortunate than themselves. Van simply made a silly mistake - not as a selfish act, but as an act of love for his family. Should he be killed for loving his family & acting out of selfless desperation because they struggle financially? Many have done worse to gain money for more narcissistic reasons. I believe in Van and my thoughts and prayers are with him and his family & friends. I ask you to find it in your conscious to please allow this young man to live? Van deserves to live!
"Thou Shalt Not Kill." No one deserves the death penalty, no matter what their crime. My love, thughts, and prayers are with you, Van. May your jailors find peace, love and forgiveness in their hearts.
Execution has no purpose in this world. I feel so sorry for Nguyen and his family. When will other countries ever consider rehabilitation and assistance.
I really don't agree with this punishment for the crime the Nguyrn Tuong Van committed. This is an abomination, especially when we see the look on the poor mothers face, and the guilt that his brother must be feeling for being the the cause for all this trouble. As a result of this I will never visit Singapore and I urge all of you to avoid this country with their out of date beliefs in the Death Penalty, especially the fact that he will be hung.
Shame Shame Shame.
Van is not the one to convict. He was just a drug lords' guinea pig. Yes, he should be punished but death penalty is way too harsh. Buddha taught, if you can forgive than do so. Good deeds will bring good fate to your life too.
This is disgusting. Firstly, i would like to say that i don't agree with the death penalty at all...secondly, in this case, it's not even an "eye for an eye". Thirdly, he is an Australian citizen and should be brought here and tried under our laws.
Dear Sirs,
As a human being I am pleaing for clemency of Nguyen Tuong Vans life!
In respect for the state of Singapore and itīs law, but please do not disregard that it is life that will be killed!
Esther Hollidt
Munich-Germany
27-10-05
I really do hope this person will be free to repair the mistake that he did. He deserves to have his life spared. Anyone can make a mistake, but why should they have to die?! Only murderers should be given the death penalty not the ones who don't kill. Please bring this person home!
If the Singapore Government does not show mercy to this young man who has consistently helped the authorities with their inquiries, (as the Singapore Constitution provides for clemency in such cases) then probably no-one else is going to bother to assist the authorities in the future. Saving this young man's life sends a clear signal that if you get into trouble, assisting the authorities to go after the people who set you up is the way forward. Hanging this young man sends a signal that says "Singapore doesn't care about the drug dealers - we are interested only in an easy option of killing the mules". Surely it is in the interest of Singapore to find the drug pushers and those higher up the chain - and that this killing will only inhibit the sources of possible future information.
It is alarming to note that while criminals like Abu Bakar Bashir get 30 month sentances in Bali and are constantly having the sentance - reduced/reviewed. There are people like poor poor Van who made one silly mistake and will have his life taken from him, in the most inhumane and unjust manner... What is this world coming to????
Please let this young man have a chance to make up for his mistakes. The death penalty for drugs and users just isn't right when murderers don't even get put to death
He does not deserve to die, he deserves a life to learn. He is a human being after all. We're all not born with a certifed list of rules or a money tree in the back yard. Put yourself in his and his mothers shoes. I hate people who judge other people because of their own failings. Stop going after a scapegoat, go after the real criminals.
Human dignity is central to a democratic society, the right to life is the very essence of this and for any government to use coercive powers to violate this right under the premise of legality and furthermore for a government to watch and allow for this to happen to one of citizens with the justification of sovereignty is a disgrace to what we champion as sense of humanity.
Whilst what he did was wrong and he freely admits it; the crime does not fit the sentence. From what I have read about him, he has no prior criminal convictions. He was, somewhat stupidly and naively, he set out to pay off his twin brother's death. Hey mate! Keep cool. There are us Aussies that do care.
PLEASE GIVE THIS YOUNG MAN A CHANCE TO REDEEM HIMSELF. HE HAS DONE WRONG BUT THIS PUNISHMENT IS TOTALLY UNJUST. MAY BE A GAOL TERM OF 5 YEARS WOULD BE PUNISHMENT ENOUGH BUT DEATH??? FOR GODS SAKE HE IS NOT A MASS MURDERER.MY HEART GOES OUT TO HIS LOVING MOTHER. I CAN ONLY HALF IMAGINE THE PAIN AND SUFFERING SHE IS GOING THROUGH AT THIS TIME. MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU AND GOD BLESS.
The death panalty should be reserved for murderers and used as punishment only when it is beyond doubt that the accused has killed. Nguyen's crime is not worthy enough for him to be out to death. It is a crime to let the Singapore Government carry out these barbaric death sentences.
With crime comes punishment. I know this, you know this, Nguyen Tuong Van knows this. None the less (call me crazy if you like) there seems to be something odly barbaric about putting a rope around a mans neck & stringing the poor bastard up.....but hey, that's just what I think.
