I am appalled and distressed that the Singapore Government is ignoring pleas for clemency. I urge the government to turn away from condemning Van to death. The pain inflicted on his family and friends is in itself a crime. Shame on those who made this decision and are not yet willing to change.
Alison Nation
I respect your tough stand on drugs and the right of your country to make its own laws, but as a mother of a 24 year old, and having been that age myself, I know to well how easy it is too err. Surely clemency in this case would cause more good than harm. Please do not kill this young man
This punishment is most unjust. If all young men were hung for there silly mistakes with no chance of redemption, there would be very few old men in the world. It will be a sad day in the world if this can't be stopped.
giv him a chance wats the point of kill sum 1 for sumthing that wont even reach the streets. wat u would u do if it was ur child. i hope the executioner burns in hell
please save this boy. We all deserve second chances and death will never allow Nguyen a chance to redeem himself, something we all have a right to do. Redemption. Have a heart !!
While most people can fully understand how serious a crime heroin trafficking is, most also find great difficulty to comprehend how Van's particular case derserves hanging in a civilized society such as Singapore. Van definitely deserves a second chance! This is also a chance for Singapore to prove itself to the world of its worthiness of being a civilized and compassionate nation.
Just don't go to Singapore or Malaysia, the people who run these countries are pig-headed, arrogant and heartless.
they have no idea of the big picture(drugs).
What makes it so sad is Van isn't the first and he won't be the last!!
Many other poor souls have been destroyed including friends and family.
What an evil country!!
There is no excuse for smuggling this poison. Many people have grown out of hanrdship to become valuable members of society, this young man was willing to poison the youth of Australia for cold hard cash to help his brother out of gambling debt. Well that is the risk he took. It is no secret the SE asian countries take a hard line on drug smuglers and now Van must answer for his actions. My sympathy rests with his mother for the loss she will suffer, however if she raised her son to understnd the morals of our society he may well not be in this situation today.
This young man does not deserve to die for one act of stupidity. He has no prior criminal record, and it is accepted that he never intended to profit personally from his crime. He's freely admitted his guilt and fully cooperated fully with the authorites. The Singapore Government will demean human life, as well as the republic of Singapore, if it proceeds. Please don't
The taking of Van's life will not assist in stopping or slowing the drug trade. The terrible sadness about to be visited upon his mother and brother will not serve any purpose. Rewarding his attempts to co operate would seem to be the better option.
Its disgusting he has not directly inflicted harm on anybody.
Heroin like any other drug is a chemical whether manufactured or in natural form.
alcohol is also a drug that kills thousands of people each year including Singapore so could we say that any person that consumes alcohol, purchases alcohol is either an addict or courier including Politicians of Singapore.
Please show mercy on Van. He has admitted guilt and served nearly 3 years in prison as penance for his breaching of your criminal code. Please avoid this tribal justice option that you have opted to follow, and as a civilised nation, give Van a chance to prove that he is a decent person, and a loving and devoted son. The carrying out of the death seeks to achieve little from a humanitarian or social perspective.
A justice system that ignores contrition, lack of prior record, the likely hood of rehabilitation and acceptance of full responsiblity by the convicted, casts a poor light on the entire justice system. Singapore's international standings will and should rightly suffer if this sentence is not commuted.
This young man does not deserve to be treated like this. He has made one very big mistake, but deserves clemency from the Singapore Government. Give the boy a chance.
To the Singaporean Government: Make no mistake, executing Van will not stop the drug trade and will not stop people from falling prey to the drug scourge in your country or anywhere else. By executing Van you are merely taking out a bit player in the bigger game, which will continue to carry on. You have nothing to gain in taking away his life and your actions will only serve to break the heart and spirit of his mother and brother. Please show greater strength and spare this young man his life.
if this man has helped the police, and has changed his life around, shouldnt he be given clemency. First they put him in jail for 3 years, then they say they cant do nothing but hang him? Thats terrible. He is a year older than me, went to my school. He should be given a second chance! I have seen murderers get 20 years prison sentencings. Why must Van get the death penalty??????? This is ridiculous!!!!
I believe everyone will make some mistakes throughout their lifes. And Van has shown remorse from the beginning. Pls show clemency in this case, so that this one mistake does not have to cost him his life and destroy the rest of his brother and monther's life.
the execution of Van will lead nowhere... punishing traffickers is doing nothing at all to stop the trade, it just creates another victim. everyone deserves a second chance at life please please help this young man. it is up to our governments to set a better example and death is not the answer
I implore the government of Singapore to show clemency towards this man. Surely, in this day and age, compassion towards the plight of those too weak to avoid their own demons.
Please spare the life of Nguyen Tuong Van. To combat one evil with another reduces us all and hanging this young man will change nothing with regards the international drug trade or its victims. It will merely add another to the already long list of victims.
Regards
Warwick Stuckey
Outwardly, Singapore looks like a civilised country but when you look deeply, it is a crude and barbaric society. It is in the same league with saome of the African nations
The death penalty is not a deterrant to crime. This has been proven over and over again. It is barbaric and totally out of proportion to the crime committed. The Australian Government must do more to save Van. The government must re-state this country's total opposition to the death penalty in all circumstances. Being selective in who should be saved from the Death Penalty has contributed to this man's situation and it will have ramifications for others in the region, including the Bali 9.
Please dont hang this man. He has admitted to his guilt, and has supported polics investigations. Even some of the most prominant figures in history have made mistakes in life e.g. Bill Clinton.
The hanging should be terminated. The crime does not warrant a death penalty. There are more hideous crimes eg Spore government closing an eye to the atrocities committed in East Timor.
No politician in Spore dare challenge this injustice. Basic instinct and compassion tell you that this is all wrong.
This execution will achieve many things the first being the death of a young man. The second is the abject sorrow into which his family will be plunged. The third is the utter distaste I and millions like me will feel towards the Singapore Government and all things Singaporean. I will not fly Singapore Airlines and if I can establish that the Singapore Government owns Optus I will change my carrier. It is an unnecessary brutal way to treat a young man who erred for love. Nobody deserves to be murdered, nobody should be murdered by a government and certainly this young man does not deserve the fate the Singaporean Government seems determined to visit upon him. And I say this as one who has never used any drug whatsoever, including legal drugs such as tobacco and alcohol.
Please spare the life of Nguyen Tuong Van. The greatest gift anyone can give is life. Give him a chance to redeem himself and help others to stay away from drugs.
one more petition for the poor boy.. I dont believe in God, but if there ever is one.. pls Spare His Life. No crimes could be more unfair than this.. proves another point that there is no God.
please spare his life! he is just a boy.. there's so much more future ahead of him. I feel so much remorse for someone who is only trying to help his twin brother.. sure he did something stupid in the past, but i'm sure that he has learnt his lesson.. please let the boy come back home to his family and loved ones. It would be the right thing to do.
Van Tuong Nguyen is a young man with no prior criminal conviction who does not deserve to pay the ultimate price for this mistake or his inherent stupidity. The causes of cocaine use are not scientifically understood. Hence, a penalty as final as death is not appropriate. For example, as we move further into the genomic era, we may discover that the motive for cocaine use is born largely of one's genetic composition and is therefore, not significantly promoted by the availability of drugs. I confidently propose that drug users around the world will continue to search for and use cocaine totally irrespective of whether Van Nguyen lives or dies. Your solution of the death penalty for traffickers suggests that you have no real insight into the condition and long term management of drug related crime and illness. In light of this, your policy of execution is barbaric, antiquated, and poorly considered.
