Lawyers say asking for a moratorium on the death sentence of a Malaysian may be seen as interfering in Singapore’s affairs but two human rights activists disagree.
PETALING JAYA: Lawyers and rights activists are at loggerheads over a Singapore minister’s remark that it is “untenable” to have a moratorium on Malaysians sentenced to death in Singapore courts for drug trafficking.
But he noted it was not appropriate to ask another country to spare the death penalty imposed by its court as other people might use it as a precedent. Shanmugam had said: “It is not tenable to give a special moratorium to Malaysians, and impose it on everyone else, including Singaporeans who commit offences which carry the death penalty.
“The death penalty is an unusual and cruel form of punishment and hence runs contrary to justice, rights and freedom,” she said. “Clearly, the death penalty does not work and more substantive and preventive measures are required to eliminate drug-related crimes,” she said. “Our law minister is not asking for special treatment for Malaysian detainees on death row. This compassionate appeal is not a green light for drug trafficking.
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