[E. Pluribus Unum]

Always remember, children, you shouldn't mess with drugs in countries that enforce drug prohibition with capital punishment.

[RichInOC]

"When I was just a baby
"My mama told me 'Son,
"Always be a good boy,
"Don't ever play with drugs,'
"But I'm stuck in Changi Prison,
"Tomorrow I'm bound to die,
"When I hear those jet planes whinin',
"I hang my head and cry."

[Tax-chick]

I'm sad for his family, and I hope that he met the Lord with a truly repentant soul.

[Sir Gawain]

Sounds like a drug warrior's paradise.

[GAB-1955]

I am delighted Nguyen found his Christian faith before he was hanged. Sometimes God has to use extreme measures to bring a soul into saving faith. As Jesus noted, often you have to give everything away, including an eye, or your hand, to get there. May God strengthen Nguyen's steps, for he has to pay for the crime he committed.

[LucyJo]

While they shared Mrs Nguyen's anguish, Khoa was seen laughing and joking with an unidentified friend as he waited in the visitors' centre after his final meeting with Van. Van claims he was forced to courier heroin by loan sharks to whom Khoa owed money.

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He did what he did, but that's a sad commentary on the brother, and it is doubly sad if Van is about to lose his life for breaking the law in order to save his brother's sorry hide.

[yldstrk]

Van's the lucky one - Khoa, the bum, is going to be eaten up with the guilt for the rest of his sorry days....

[Neanderthal]

This guy needs to call Governor Arnold ASAP.

[yldstrk]

Van is almost a Christ figure, a hero in this scenario...

[sport]

He knew what the score was if he got caught.

He rolled the die and lost.

Now he pays.

Don't want to get hung for smuggleing dope?

Don't smuggle dope.

Even I can figure that out.

[Vicomte13]

The death penalty for drugs.
Barbaric country.

[taxed2death]

"Van was arrested in December 2002 at Changi airport, carrying 396g of heroin strapped to his body..."


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