Australian Man to Hang in Singapore
The family of an Australian man facing the death penalty in Singapore has visited him for probably the last time.
Nguyen Truong Van, 25, is scheduled to be hanged before dawn on Friday, after being found with 400g (14 ounces) of heroin at Singapore’s airport in 2002.
His mother and twin brother visited him at Changi prison on Thursday.
Singapore has ignored calls for clemency for Nguyen, and on Thursday, Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock branded his hanging “barbaric”.
Mr Ruddock said the case had mitigating circumstances, because Nguyen had said he smuggled the drugs to earn enough money to pay off legal bills of A$30,000 (£13,000). incurred by his twin brother, a one-time heroin addict.
Source: BBC.
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