Death Penalty Abolition Forum at Substation on 6th March -- Call for Support

[MarrickG]

Dear friends,

The mandatory death penalty in Singapore is an archaic and draconian law that requires review and eventual abolition. To highlight this issue, fellow NUS Law School students will be holding a forum on the mandatory death penalty at the Substation from 2pm this Saturday, 6th March.

Renowned lawyer and activist, M Ravi, currently defending death row inmate, Yong Vui Kong, will be providing first-hand insights on why the mandatory death penalty should be abolished and how to call for this change. Please help spread the message around for a clear show of support for the forum.

Say No to the MDP.

http://forums.vr-zone.com/chit-chat...-forum-substation-6th-march-call-support.html

 

[Ramseth]

Frankly, I don't support absolute abolition of death penalty. However, Singapore laws have too many offences carrying death penalty. Drug trafficking and kidnapping without intention to murder should be excluded from death penalty. Murder and mass murder (i.e. terrorism) should carry death penalty. However, it shouldn't be mandatory, i.e. the judge should have the discretion of sentencing according to aggravating versus mitigating circumstances instead of being tied down to pronounce a mandatory death sentence once murder is proved by prosecution in statutory sense.

Caning deserves attention too. I support absolute abolition of caning.

 

[HellAngel]

I dun support this at all. Are we going to feed all those fellow till the day they die of old age?

I'm sure many of them will live till a ripe old age if they stay in prison forever. With balance meal everyday, compulsory excerise time, regular medical checkup and little stress from outside world (only during family visitation).

 

[BuiKia]

There are four Acts of Parliament in Singapore that prescribe death as punishment for offences. According to the local civil rights group, the Think Centre, 70% of hangings are for drug-related offences.

Penal Code
Under the Penal Code,the commission of the following offences may result in the death penalty:

* Waging or attempting to wage war or abetting the waging of war against the Government*
* Offences against the President’s person*
* Mutiny
* Piracy that endangers life
* Perjury that results in the execution of an innocent person
* Murder
* Abetting the suicide of a person under the age of 18 or an "insane" person
* Attempted murder by a prisoner serving a life sentence
* Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder
* Robbery committed by five or more people that results in the death of a person
* Drug trafficking
* Unlawful discharge of firearms (firearms are heavily restricted in the city)

*In other words, treason.

Misuse of Drugs Act
The Singapore embarkation card contains a warning to visitors about the death penalty for drug trafficking. Warning signs can also be found at the Johor-Singapore Causeway and other border entries.

Under Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, any person found in possession of more than the following quantities of drugs receives a mandatory death sentence:

* Opium: 1,200 g, containing more than 30 g of morphine
* Any controlled drug (except opium): containing more than 30 g of morphine
* Diamorphine (Heroin): 15 g
* Morphine: 30 g
* Cocaine: 30 g
* Cannabis: 500 g
* Cannabis mixture: 1,000 g
* Hashish: 200 g
* Methamphetamine: 250 g

Death sentences are also mandatory for any person caught manufacturing

* Morphine, or any salt of morphine, ester of morphine or salt of ester of morphine
* Diamorphine (Heroin) or any salt of diamorphine
* Cocaine or any salt of cocaine

The Act, to some degree, reverses the usual burden of proof in common law jurisdictions. Under the Act any person found in possession of more than the prescribed amounts is presumed to be trafficking. Any person who has in their possession a key to a premises where drugs are found is presumed to be in possession of the drugs since "Any person who is proved to have had in his possession or custody or under his control —
(a) anything containing a controlled drug;
(b) the keys of anything containing a controlled drug;
(c) the keys of any place or premises or any part thereof in which a controlled drug is found; or
(d) a document of title relating to a controlled drug or any other document intended for the delivery of a controlled drug,
shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to have had that drug in his possession."
Furthermore, any person who is proved or presumed to have had a controlled drug in his possession shall be presumed to have known the nature of that drug.

Internal Security Act
The preamble of the Internal Security Act states that it is an Act to "provide for the internal security of Singapore, preventive detention, the prevention of subversion, the suppression of organised violence against persons and property in specified areas of Singapore, and for matters incidental thereto."[13] The President of Singapore has the power to designate certain security areas. Any person caught in the possession or with someone in possession of firearms, ammunition or explosives in a security area can be punished by death.

Arms Offences Act
The Arms Offences Act regulates firearms offences. Any person who uses or attempts to use arms (Section 4) can face execution, as well as any person who uses or attempts to use arms to commit scheduled offences (Section 4A). These scheduled offences are:- being a member of an unlawful assembly; rioting; certain offences against the person; abduction or kidnapping; extortion; burglary; robbery; preventing or resisting arrest; vandalism; mischief. Any person who is an accomplice (Section 5) to a person convicted of arms use during a scheduled offence can likewise be executed.


Trafficking in arms (Section 6) is a capital offence in Singapore. Under the Arms Offences Act, trafficking is defined as being in unlawful possession of more than two firearms.
Kidnapping Act

The terms of the Kidnapping Act designate abduction, wrongful restraint or wrongful confinement for ransom as capital offences.

 

[cheekenpie]

Internal Security Act
The preamble of the Internal Security Act states that it is an Act to "provide for the internal security of Singapore, preventive detention, the prevention of subversion, the suppression of organised violence against persons and property in specified areas of Singapore, and for matters incidental thereto."[13] The President of Singapore has the power to designate certain security areas. Any person caught in the possession or with someone in possession of firearms, ammunition or explosives in a security area can be punished by death.

Wah lau ... then MSK wanna fly plane into Changi Airport boh death penalty!

 

[kopikia]

I support death penalty for some crimes. eg. murderers - an eye for an eye for this type of crime

 

[Harry Lee]

In the early 1980s, two young children, Agnes Ng Siew Heok and Ghazali bin Marzuki, were murdered and thrir bodies dumped at Toa Payoh Lorong 7.
Agnes Ng was a 9 year old schoolgirl who attended the Holy Innocents Chinese Girls School, and was the youngest of nine children. Born to a Catholic family, she was last seen at the Church of Risen Christ in Toa Payoh, and her body was found in a bag. She appeared to have died from suffocation, and there were also indications that she might have been sodomised and sexually abused.

Ghazali bin Marzuki was a 10 year old schoolboy from Henry Park Primary School, who had been playing in a playground with his cousins in Clementi. He was found dead between blocks 10 and 11 of Toa Payoh Lorong 7, under a tree. Post-mortem autopsy revealed that he had been drowned, although signs of asphyxia were also present. There were also three burn marks on his back and a puncture on his arm.

You want the murderers of these kids to live another day?

 

[Harry Lee]

see pics of murder of child....

http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?p=397282

must see...

May i ask the bleeding hearts of the liberals....you talk so much about the rights of the criminals......... what about the rights of this child?

 

[captainxerox]

kill 'em all, let god sort 'em out.

 

[wikiphile]

Lives are precious, even a criminal's. However we share the world with way too many crazies who commit the most atrocious crimes and feel no remorse for what they did.
I say these people had their chance, i am against the abolition of the death penalty and if i have time tomorrow i am going to the substation to ridicule you people for even suggesting such a notion.

 

[HellAngel]

I support you! Go and give them a piece of your mind.

Lives are precious, even a criminal's. However we share the world with way too many crazies who commit the most atrocious crimes and feel no remorse for what they did.
I say these people had their chance, i am against the abolition of the death penalty and if i have time tomorrow i am going to the substation to ridicule you people for even suggesting such a notion.

 

[Sideswipe]

abolition of death penalty - national referendum.
This kind of issue can talk to death but still pointless and can only be fairly resolved by a national referendum.

for and against abolition of death penalty - let the peoples vote and decide.
whatever the result, accept it, include a law saying - the same referendum cannot be done again for 10 years after the last.

not happy with the results, start another referendum 10 years later...

 

[Leongsam]

I support the death penalty 110%! Without it, the taxpayer would have to feed, clothe and entertain these low life scum for the rest of their sorry lives.

The cost of hangman's rope is a hellava lot cheaper.

 

[chewed]

Frankly, I don't support absolute abolition of death penalty. However, Singapore laws have too many offences carrying death penalty. Drug trafficking and kidnapping without intention to murder should be excluded from death penalty. Murder and mass murder (i.e. terrorism) should carry death penalty. However, it shouldn't be mandatory, i.e. the judge should have the discretion of sentencing according to aggravating versus mitigating circumstances instead of being tied down to pronounce a mandatory death sentence once murder is proved by prosecution in statutory sense.

Caning deserves attention too. I support absolute abolition of caning.

it also depends whether the CJ had a good breakfast...

 

[Ramseth]

it also depends whether the CJ had a good breakfast...

Better still, a good "supper" last night.

 

[Frankiestine]

Crime is the disease and I am the cure....