SINGAPORE: YONG VUI KONG PETITIONS PRESIDENT S R NATHAN FOR CLEMENCY
lawyers representing Malaysian national Yong Vui Kong, who was given a mandatory death sentence in Singapore, filed a petition for a presidential pardon.
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lawyers representing Malaysian national Yong Vui Kong, who was given a mandatory death sentence in Singapore, filed a petition for a presidential pardon. Yong, now 23, was arrested in 2007 and convicted of trafficking 47g of heroin. Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong dismissed Yong’s final appeal and upheld his sentence on April 4, 2011.
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- (Sources: Online Citizen, 08/07/2011)
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