SINGAPORE: MANS DEATH PENALTY APPEAL DISMISSED
Chief Justice Keong and Justices Phang and Rajah of Singapore's Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of Malaysian national Yong Vui Kong, 21, against his November 2009 death sentence for trafficking 47 grammes of heroin in June 2008.
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Chief Justice Keong and Justices Phang and Rajah of Singapore's Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of Malaysian national Yong Vui Kong, 21, against his November 2009 death sentence for trafficking 47 grammes of heroin in June 2008. Yong's lawyer failed to prove that the mandatory death penalty for certain drug offences was unconstitutional.
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- (Sources: Channelnewsasia.com, 14/05/2010)
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