Rising anger in Australia over Singapore execution

Quote fr YahooNewsSingapore " Singapore was accused of hypocrisy over the imminent execution of a young Australian drug smuggler, as critics alleged the island state was backing one of the world's biggest heroin traffickers -- Myanmar.
The new line of attack came as anger mounted in Australia over the scheduled December 2 hanging in Singapore's of 25-year-old Nguyen Tuong Van despite repeated pleas for clemency from the Australian government ... "

I am amused, puzzled and a bit pissed over the above reports. First of all; amused over why people still have the rights to get angry over us for this issue. Singapore is a independent country with our own law & regulation; even before plane landed, there are always announcement that carrying drugs is punishable by death; it's not as if we just implemented the new law ... another case of big country trying to exert her influence on a smaller country??

Puzzled .. I am ... should my friend or family member be caught trafficking drugs; well I may help them with my means to plea for leniency, but to be angry??? I tot I will be more ashame?? And the public outcry? And these "Howard has ruled out trade sanctions against Singapore, but added: "The Singaporean government should not imagine that this issue is going unnoticed in Australia." Why should we imagine the issue is going to be unnotice?? The DRUG TRAFFICKER now is a Australian, not a Singaporean ...

Pissed ... Singapore has such a good record for crime rates and now; In a commentary The Australian's editor-at-large Paul Kelly said that while Singapore had the "most intimate ties with Australia of any Asian nation" the execution would "inflict grave damage on its reputation in this country". Because of 1 criminal, our friend accuses us of dealing with DRUG lords in Myanmar!!! I nearly fell off my chair when reading this ... I think whoever accuse Singapore of this is really making a fool of himself in the international scene.

Finally, drugs has claim so many victims; the ill effect of drugs has destroyed so many families, life and future of promising pple ... Nguyen who has suffered povety and as a refugee since young should have known better. Is it justifiable to introduce drugs to others just to pay off the debt of his brother? And is this really a reason to ask for clemency?? Please, before you make an answer, search your heart and soul. I will be deeply disappointed if my government relent on this! Stand up Singapore!

** All post in blue quoted fr: YahooNewsSingapore http://sg.news.yahoo.com/051123/1/3wr29.html