Not only is chewing gum illegal there.
Singapore has twice the population of Brooklyn, and from 1994 through 1999 executed by hanging, 14 per 100,000 of it’s population, for breaking the law.
Among the death penalty crimes: “Unlawful discharge of firearms, even if no one is injured”
On my first visit,while waiting in the immigration line,I recall a large sign in several languages warning that the death penalty was mandatory for drug trafficking.I was tempted to toss my blood pressure meds in the amnesty bin...just in case.
About 5 million in Singapore.
14 per 100,000 hanged.
14 X 50 equals about 700 executions a year - that’s a bunch!
Texas executes about 40 per year, has five times the population of Singapore, but gets 500 times more bad press.