LFL’s statement contains falsehoods. It is the latest in a series of sensational and untrue stories published by LFL, calculated to seek attention and pressure the Singapore government to exempt convicted Malaysian drug traffickers from the death penalty.
Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs has since issued Correction Directions under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act, refuting these baseless allegations of unlawful methods of judicial execution.
Four entities in Singapore and Malaysia, including LFL, have been directed to carry a link to this clarification alongside their posts on LFL’s statement.
Capital punishment is an issue that every country has the sovereign right to decide for itself, in accordance with its own circumstances and its obligations under international law.
Singapore respects the sovereign right of other countries, including Malaysia, to determine their own legal systems, and expects the same in return.
Source: freemalaysiatoday.com,Vanu Gopala Menon, January 24, 2020. Vanu Gopala Menon is the Singapore high commissioner to Malaysia.
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