Tag: Yong Vui Young
By Jeralyn, Section Death Penalty
Posted on Sun Jan 30, 2011 at 08:36:00 AM EST
Tags: Yong Vui Young, death penalty (all tags)
Posted on Sun Jan 30, 2011 at 08:36:00 AM EST
Tags: Yong Vui Young, death penalty (all tags)
Yong Vui Kong is on death row in Singapore, arrested at age 18 for carrying 1.5 ounces of heroin. Singapore's law provides the death penalty for anyone caught with more than 15 grams of heroin (Kong had 47) and provides no exceptions.
His dedicated family (particularly his brother and sister) and his attorney Madasamy Ravi, a Singapore human rights lawyer and member of the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network, have done a herculean job so far of keeping the case in the courts. The end is now here, but he still could be saved.
Al Jazeera made the excellent video above telling the story, I hope you will all watch. [More...]
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