Nguyen Tuong Van:Australia asks Singapore to let Nguyen's mother hug him goodbye before he is hanged

[koalathebear]

I swore I wasn't going to look at the Google News reports anymore. Yes it was ostrich-like of me but it was upsetting me far too much. I had to look, though. Despite all efforts, the hanging is to go ahead as planned. The last time Kim Nguyen will see her son is Thursday afternoon. She has requested what is known as 'contact visits'. To date,

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[weissman]

I want to thank you for Posting this story. It a reminder that the amount of injustice in the world, even the "Civilized World" is still very high, and we get the leaders we deserve, Hell, look who we got over here. BTW, I don't think I would be able to stay away from "Cuss" words in commenting on this. If you want some, remember I hang out with Soldiers, so I can lend you a few. #$%#! %^%$#%!
Robert

[dangermousie]

I am not going to post my views on the outcome of this case (as they would most likely disagree with yours), but I did want to say that I found reading your updates on it quite interesting and wanted to thank you.

[koalathebear]

Well it's always a divisive topic. In Australia I think most people think that he deserves life imprisonment but that hanging is too severe a punishment for a first offence etc.

As I've said though, we haven't had the death penalty in Australia since the 70s so it's not something that most Australians find very palatable, but I'm glad you found the updates interesting!