Off-topic: Prevent an Execution!

An Australian, Van Tuong Nguyen, will be executed for drug trafficking unless more attention is drawn to his plight. I believe that together we may save the life of this man.

To this end, I have written an open letter to the President of the Republic of Singapore asking for clemency. The open letter, which includes a dozen related e-mail addresses, is online:

http://www.joot.com/dave/writings/ar...unishment.html

It is my hope that the interactivity of the Web can save a young man's life. Please read the above site and if you agree that a human should not die for being caught with drugs, then I beg you to send an e-mail asking the President of Singapore for clemency on behalf of Van.

Sincerely,
Dave Jarvis

*ttt

You know I read this yesterday and I meant to post. But I got on with my day coz stuff's been busy round here. Then later that evening I remembered my winter schedule for our local Buddhist centre had arrived and on opening it I saw this quote.

"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little". Edmund Burke

So I've sent my letter off, with my best wishes for a happy outcome.

people need to stop visiting these barabric shithole countries alltogether.

see how they like a complete seccation of thier tourism income.

Man the Kid got caught Trafficing Heroin and he knew the consiquences.

the australian Government has informed the Queen of england and she is Not willing to Make an effort untill her Parliment Passes a bill.(what a load of bullshit)..

I wouldnt hold much hope for him considering the Plight of the Bali Nine who are also facing the death Penalty for the same charges and our good old aussie govenment aint
lifting a finger...

Were in the year 2005 people whats going on.?
the death penalty for trafficking.?
and Murderers and Child molesters are walking free...?.
sad...

Let the government do what they have to do. Everything will come in due time.

i remember something similar happened to an austrailian woman a while back, she was caught smuggeling a couple of kilo's somewhere. i think she was looking at life imprisonment, or death .. i cant remember. anyone know what happened to her ?

They hit her with a broomstick.

that's ridiculous. I don't believe in the death penalty as it is, but if you're going to use it as a 'punishment' at least use it on people that have inflicted that same fate on someone else. Needless to say i'll be sending an e-mail. I just hope enough people get on board to make a difference.

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Originally Posted by ilikerabbits

i remember something similar happened to an austrailian woman a while back, she was caught smuggeling a couple of kilo's somewhere. i think she was looking at life imprisonment, or death .. i cant remember. anyone know what happened to her ?

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she didn't intentionally bring it

basically, she thinks someone put it in her bag.

She is getting 31 years i think...

It was 2 kilos of weed that a baggage handler put in her Bag.