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Unveiling Singapore’s Death Penalty Discourse: A Critical Analysis of Public Opinion and Deterrent Claims

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While Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) maintains a firm stance on the effectiveness of the death penalty in managing drug trafficking in Singapore, the article presents evidence suggesting that the methodologies and interpretations of these studies might not be as substantial as portrayed.

Singapore high commissioner: LFL’s claims sensational, untrue

The hanging scene. Screenshot from "Apprentice" by Boo Junfeng (2016)
We refer to your story “Group claims of brutal ‘neck-snapping’ procedure in Singapore jail when hanging fails” (16 Jan), on the statement by Lawyers for Liberty (LFL), claiming Singapore’s prison authority practises “brutal and unlawful hanging methods”.

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.

It is unfortunate that you republished LFL’s false allegations, without verifying the truth of an obviously sensationalist account.

RELATED Singapore | Malaysian human rights group alleges “brutal, unlawful” state execution process in Changi Prison

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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