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« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2005, 08:49:12 PM »
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Feel sorry for the person who has drugs put in there suitecase without there knowledge:confused:


It happends more than you know thats why they ask you at the counter has you suitecase been in your sight the whole time?


Noooooooooo, they don't ask that. They ask if you packed your own case.

If you travel to Asia there are services which will shrink wrap your bags at the airport for you. In Bangkok they seal your bags (customs on exit) with plastic straps as well.

This guy also admited his guilt, so nice try no cigar.

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« Reply #16 on: December 01, 2005, 08:50:33 PM »
Yea, the law might make perfectly good sense if you look over the fact that Singapore is in the drug business. :)

"The main issue was the Traders Hotel, which was built by Asia World, a construction company owned by the Lo family Lo Hsien Han and his son Steven Law, in conjunction with Singapore interests," Mr Linter said. Lo Hsien Han is widely recognised as one of the most powerful drug lords in Burma and was a frequent visitor to Singapore until recently. His son Steven Law, who has been barred from entering the US on suspicion of involvement in drug trafficking, has an office in Singapore.

The Singapore Government's joint venture with the drug lord came through the Myanmar Fund, set up to channel investment into Burma, which has since been shut down. Singapore's involvement was through its billion-dollar Government Investment Corporation.

Professor Desmond Ball, of the Australian National University's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, said many Burmese drugs lords used Singapore for banking.

"Some of Burma's closest economic relations are with Singapore," Professor Ball said "A lot of electronic transaction services in Burma are run through Singapore."
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« Reply #17 on: December 01, 2005, 09:04:08 PM »
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Smuggled drugs into country that kills people for smuggling drugs, got caught, got killed.  Yep, sounds about right.


just what I was thinking.

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« Reply #18 on: December 01, 2005, 09:25:40 PM »
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Originally posted by Panzzer
Why would anyone want to transport drugs to Singapore... After all, even I (from here far off, never been there) have heard that they hang every drug courier. It even says so on their (Singapore customs) web page:

WARNING:

DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKERS UNDER SINGAPORE LAW.


Doesn't leave much room for negotiations, does it?

Edit: Well said, Seagoon.



It says that on the immigration card as well, the one you sign before you get off the plane.
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« Reply #19 on: December 01, 2005, 10:13:55 PM »
There was a call for a minutes silence when he swung this morning....WTF??? the guy is a convicted criminal, honouring him is out of the question.
Best place for Australians who think smuggling heroin out of Asia into Australia is OK, is weighing down some Singaporean rope.
He was fully aware of the risk he was taking.

This isnt the first time it has happened, Chambers and Barlow, two Australians hanged in 1986 in Malaysia for the same crime.
Chapelle Corby, hot young chick from the Gold Coast, currently serving 20 years in a Bali prison for having 4 kg of pot in her luggage.
Michelle Lee, Aussie model, just got let out after a few weeks in prison after being caught in a Bali nightclub with two exctasy tabs, then released after it was found she was with the son of an important Asian government minister.

Sooner or later, folks will realise that the Asian authorities are deadly serious about not letting us smuggle drugs through their airports.
Good for them.


By the way, he wasnt trying to take heroin into Singapore, he was trying to get it through Singapore airport and into Australia, the reason for that being that opium poppies dont grow in Australia, so all heroin here is imported.
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« Reply #20 on: December 01, 2005, 10:25:09 PM »
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Sooner or later, folks will realise that the Asian authorities are deadly serious about not letting us smuggle drugs through their airports.
Good for them.
 


LMAO Yea and Madonna is a virgin. :)
Singapore is in the heroin distribution business. The only people who are paying the high price are those not going through the proper "channels". In other words the little guys who are not in the druglords system. A simple process of eliminating any  competition or turf invasion.
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« Reply #21 on: December 01, 2005, 10:32:14 PM »
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It says that on the immigration card as well, the one you sign before you get off the plane.
In big red letters, right? (I haven't been there, but my brother has been there twice - on business trips, not smuggling drugs :)).
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« Reply #22 on: December 01, 2005, 10:36:02 PM »
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Sooner or later, folks will realise that the Asian authorities are deadly serious about not letting us smuggle drugs through their airports.
Good for them.


 


They are serious?
As long as it isnt a well connected drug user then they are serious.
If someone uses drugs it is their choice. We can offer rehab for those that want it. But the hypocrisy of the drug war is very apparent.
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« Reply #23 on: December 01, 2005, 10:49:42 PM »
Well, they're deadly serious about not letting Aussies get away with it, be they male or female, caucasion or asian.
If they catch you, they kill you.
Mebbe they dont like our accents or sense of humour or somethin'.

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« Reply #24 on: December 01, 2005, 11:33:28 PM »
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seems pretty darned harsh to me.  Its not like the guy killed a child or anything....

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/01/australia.singapore.reut/index.html


It's not harsh. It's immoral.
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Re: Re: Australian Hanged for drug smuggling
« Reply #25 on: December 01, 2005, 11:35:49 PM »
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« Reply #26 on: December 01, 2005, 11:37:22 PM »
Edit... Is it possible to actually have a discussion around here that is free of ad hominems?
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« Reply #27 on: December 02, 2005, 12:12:53 AM »
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It's not harsh. It's immoral.


I'd say that hanging a drug mule for transiting through your country is quite obscene

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« Reply #28 on: December 02, 2005, 01:28:13 AM »
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I'd say that hanging a drug mule for transiting through your country is quite obscene

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I'd say trafficking 26000 doses of heroin is far more obscene.

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« Reply #29 on: December 02, 2005, 02:32:40 AM »
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Another thing thats always bugged me.
Why are drugs illegal? tobaco and booze kill far more people than drugs do so why are they still here ? Oh thats right there heavly taxed.

You know its legall for a woman to abort her child saying she has a right to her body.
Well then why cant someone if there dumb enough to shoot herion its there body.

And if you made it legal crime drug crime would all but go away as there would be no need for the illegal stuff.

Simplistic? you bet but it does warrant some thinking.

This should be another topic. The guy knew the risks, and took his chances anyway. I don't feel sorry for him. Btw, I do tend to agree with you.