FT here to play football gets death sentence

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Death sentence for Ghanaian

A 20-year-old Ghanaian who came to S'pore to play football has been sentenced to death. »Drug trafficking

<cite class="auth">AFP - Saturday, January 3</cite>SINGAPORE, Jan 3, 2009 (AFP) -
A 20-year-old Ghanaian has been sentenced to death in Singapore for trafficking 2.6 kilograms (5.73 pounds) of cannabis, the Straits Times reported Saturday.

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</noscript>The High Court convicted and sentenced Chijioke Stephen Obioha on Tuesday after a 21-day trial held last year, it said. Under Singapore's tough anti-drug laws, the death penalty is mandatory for anyone caught trafficking more than 15 grams of heroin, 30 grams of cocaine or 500 grams of cannabis. The death penalty is carried out by hanging. Narcotics officers arrested Obioha in April 2007 following a surveillance operation. He had come to Singapore in 2005 to try out for a football club, the report said. He was not hired but remained in the city-state working as a middle man for electronics goods dealers. His immigration pass expired in January 2007.

Human rights groups have strongly urged Singapore to abolish the death penalty, but the government maintains that it plays a key role in keeping crime down and is a strong deterrent to organised crime gangs. In December 2004 Singapore hanged a 25-year-old Australian drug runner Nguyen Tuong Van, despite appeals for clemency by then Prime Minister John Howard. Two convicted African drug traffickers were put to death in 2007 after their appeals for clemency were turned down and despite protests from the United Nations and rights activists.

 

[class5]

Employ them to play football, they play drugs.
Hang those fellas!
They deserve it.

Foreign Talents? Talented in? Drug Abuse?
Before allowing these "proclaimed talents", test them for drugs first.

Ban them even if they have the slightest hint of steriods flowing in the blood ....

Just a bunch of Foreign RUBBISH thats coming into sillypore.

 

[2lanu]

With this bunch of trash, at least Wong Cunt Sing can say he is busy so that ppl will not keep asking him on Mas Selemat.

 

[boundThunter]

He probably learned how to smoke ganja in Sinkapoor !!!

 

[Ah Guan]

This Ghanaian player kenna penalty...

Death penalty

 

[numero uno]

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Death sentence for Ghanaian

A 20-year-old Ghanaian who came to S'pore to play football has been sentenced to death. »Drug trafficking

<cite class="auth">AFP - Saturday, January 3</cite>SINGAPORE, Jan 3, 2009 (AFP) -
A 20-year-old Ghanaian has been sentenced to death in Singapore for trafficking 2.6 kilograms (5.73 pounds) of cannabis, the Straits Times reported Saturday.

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</noscript>The High Court convicted and sentenced Chijioke Stephen Obioha on Tuesday after a 21-day trial held last year, it said. Under Singapore's tough anti-drug laws, the death penalty is mandatory for anyone caught trafficking more than 15 grams of heroin, 30 grams of cocaine or 500 grams of cannabis. The death penalty is carried out by hanging. Narcotics officers arrested Obioha in April 2007 following a surveillance operation. He had come to Singapore in 2005 to try out for a football club, the report said. He was not hired but remained in the city-state working as a middle man for electronics goods dealers. His immigration pass expired in January 2007.

Human rights groups have strongly urged Singapore to abolish the death penalty, but the government maintains that it plays a key role in keeping crime down and is a strong deterrent to organised crime gangs. In December 2004 Singapore hanged a 25-year-old Australian drug runner Nguyen Tuong Van, despite appeals for clemency by then Prime Minister John Howard. Two convicted African drug traffickers were put to death in 2007 after their appeals for clemency were turned down and despite protests from the United Nations and rights activists.

They fully deserve it!!!! Alot of these crap nigerian, africans are nothing but crooks or con-men. In Malaysia you see alot of them in KL, arrogant and boastful until get whacked by the polis. well known in Malaysia that you avoid these people. All pretending to be students when they hatch all kind of cheating crimes. Nigerian scams , e-mail , fake black money etc drug peddling and smuggling making use of other people / girls to smuggle their drugs when they themselves have no guts. Serve them right. Hang these drug smugglers b@stards to let them know we mean business . I agree the govt doing right things.

 

[LonewolfAlfa]

oooh 2.6kgs of grass! thats quite alot to try to hide.