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NO alla Pena di Morte
Campagna Internazionale
Comunità di Sant'Egidio

  Nguyen Tuong Van

SINGAPORE 24 anni

 Cittadino australiano
 imminente la condanna per impiccagione


 

DROGA: CORRIERE AUSTRALIANO SARA IMPICCATO A SINGAPORE

SYDNEY, Sara' giustiziato nelle prossime settimane, l'australiano di origine vietnamita arrestato all'aeroporto di Singapore, nel dicembre del 2002, con quasi 400 grammi di eroina addosso.

Nguyen Tuong Van, 25 anni, stava trasportando la droga dalla Cambogia fino a Melbourne, ma un controllo all'aeroporto di Singapore aveva fatto scoprire i 396 grammi di eroina, divisa tra bagaglio a mano e bustine fasciate attorno al torace. Nguyen aveva detto di aver accettato di portare la droga per pagare i debiti contratti dal suo gemello, a Melbourne. Il ministro degli esteri australiano, Alexander Downer, ha dichiarato oggi che ''Nguyen sara' impiccato nelle prossime settimane, e nulla potra' salvarlo. Singapore prevede la pena di morte per il traffico di eroina e il governo e' stato chiaro: il processo e' finito, non ci saranno altri appelli''.

Gli avvocati del giovane oggi hanno rilasciato un comunicato nel quale dicono che ''la sentenza e' del tutto sproporzionata al crimine commesso.

Le uniche persone a trarre beneficio da questa decisione sono i criminali che hanno ingaggiato Van e che sanno che con la sua morte le loro malefatte resteranno impunite''.

La madre di Van era scappata dal Vietnam da sola, una delle prime ''boat people'' ad arrivare in Australia, nel 1980. I suoi figli, due gemelli maschi, erano rimasti in un campo per rifugiati in transito per quattro mesi, prima di essere ammessi in Australia. Negli ultimi dieci anni a Singapore sono stati impiccati 400 trafficanti di droga. (ANSA) COR 21-OTT-05 12:01 ++ Death row Australian loses clemency bid


Australian man  faces imminent death by hanging, for smuggling of heroin.

A plea for presidential clemency for Melbourne man Nguyen Tuong Van has been turned down in Singapore. Nguyen was caught in Singapore trying to smuggle almost 400 grams of heroin from Cambodia to Australia three years ago. The Australian Government had appealed for clemency for Nguyen, who has been on death row in Changi prison since being sentenced in March last year. He now faces execution, possibly within 10 days. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Australia had done it's utmost to save Nguyen's life.

"We are very sad that this has happened," Mr Downer said. "We have done our best, we have done everything we can to save his life." Nguyen's Australian lawyers described the decision as "devastating for him, his family and friends".

Lex Lasry QC said Nguyen had always admitted his guilt and given constructive help to authorities including the Australian Federal Police. "The decision appears to pay no heed to the provisions of the Singapore Constitution that make specific reference and provide for clemency to those who assist the authorities with information which can be used to prosecute others," he said. Mr Lasry called on the Singapore Government to reverse its decision. Nguyen was sentenced to death last year after being found guilty by a Singapore court of smuggling almost 400 grams of heroin from Cambodia via Singapore.

He was found to have 396 grams of heroin strapped to his back and also in his hand luggage. Nguyen said he had the drugs because he was trying to raise money to clear debts incurred by his twin brother. Mr Downer said Australia had pleaded for clemency via Prime Minister John Howard, Governor General Michael Jeffery and himself.

Nguyen is set to become the fourth Australian sentenced to death by Asian countries on drug charges, following the hanging of Brian Chambers and Kevin Barlow in Malaysia in 1986. In a lesser-known case, Queenslander Michael McAuliffe died by hanging in Malaysia in June 1993 after serving eight years in jail. In Singapore, the death sentence is mandatory for drug smuggling and more than 400 people have been executed there in the past 10 years. Australia's Council for Civil Liberties says Singapore executes more people per capita than any other country in the world.

Two other Australians are currently facing the death penalty after being convicted of heroin-related charges - both in Vietnam. Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd called on the Singaporean cabinet to reconsider its position. "Singapore law provides for mercy to be sought and we strongly believe that mercy should be applied in the case of this young Australian," he said in a statement. "We appeal to the individual members of the Singaporean cabinet to find it in their hearts to save this man's life. "While drug trafficking is a very serious crime and we respect Singapore's right to protect its citizens from such crimes, we do not believe that putting a young man to death in these circumstances serves any purpose." Mr Rudd expressed his sympathy to Nguyen's family. "This is a truly tragic case and our hearts go out to this young Australian and his poor mother in Melbourne," he said. "We will do everything in our power to ask the Singaporean government to reconsider this decision." Nguyen's mother fled Vietnam alone in a boat in 1980 and had her twin sons in a transit camp in Malaysia before being accepted into Australia four months later.

 


Nguyen Tuong Van – SINGAPORE

24, Australian citizen

faces imminent death by hanging

  

RECOMMENDED ACTION

Urgent appeal brought out by the Community of Sant’Egidio

to save the life of  Nguyen Tuong Van, sentenced to death

 

Dear Mr. President

Your Excellency

 

 I am writing to express my deep concern over a ruling that sentenced to death Mr Nguyen Tuong Van

 

In the largest part of Countries all over the world, drug possession is punished just by imprisonment, as an attestation of the negligible significance universally recognized to such a crime.

I urge you to intervene on his behalf to prevent this cruel and inhuman punishment from being meted out against him.

I implore you to ensure that this cruel and inhuman sentence is not carried out and to commute the death sentence into a life imprisonment.

Respectfully Yours

 

(signature and date)

 

 

SEND APPEALS TO THE PRESIDENT

The President
His Excellency S R Nathan
Office of the President

Istana, Orchard Road
Republic of Singapore 0922
Faxes:0065 738 4673
Email:
[email protected]

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COPIES OF YOUR APPEALS TO ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Office of the Prime Minister Istana Annexe,

Orchard Road
Republic of Singapore 0923
Faxes: 0065 732 4627
Email:
[email protected]
[Salutation: Dear Prime Minister]

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Minister of Law Prof. S. Jayakumar
Ministry of Law

100 High Street
The Treasury #08-02
Singapore 179434
Fax: 0065 6332 8842
Email:
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[Salutation: Dear Minister]

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Chief Justice Yong Pung How
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Building

St Andrew's Road
Singapore 178957
Fax: 0065 6337 9450
Email:
[email protected]

 [Salutation: Dear Chief Justice]

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Attorney General Chan Sek Keong
Attorney General's Chambers

1 Coleman Street #10-00
Singapore 179803
Fax: 0065 6332 5984
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