The first drug trafficking execution in 2025 has been scheduled and pro-drug activists Kirsten Han and Transformative Justice Collective are once again agitating for more lenient laws for drug offences. They have called for legalization of drugs and organized protests in Singapore to end the death penalty. According to them, drug traffickers should be given many chances.
Claims of short notice of execution
Syed Suhail Bin Syed Zin is scheduled to be hanged on 23 January 2025. He is charged with possessing heroin for trafficking. He was originally slated to be executed in 2020. However, these activists tried to push the narrative that he was only given 4 days, ignoring that some time has been bought for Syed. Just a month ago, he could submit a clemency appeal to President Tharman. Previously, these activists have made other similar claims of prisoners awaiting capital punishment being scheduled for execution arbitrarily.
Family reliving their pain on camera
Rather than give his family some space, Kirsten and her ilk even dragged them to speak about Syed's execution on camera. Just to fit the "drugs are okay" narrative, Syed's sister had to speak on a panel, justifying her brother's actions.
Not only that, pro-drug group Transformative Justice Collective went after his second sister. They asked tough questions in an interview about their family background, forcing Syed's sister to recount their mother's passing instead of respecting the family's right to privacy on these personal matters. This does little to spare the family's pain.
There is no good reason for drug trafficking. Drugs ruin innocent lives. Activists should stop dragging families who are already in pain into their pro-drug agendas. Even more innocent lives will be lost when drug traffickers are allowed to roam free. Deterrence and tough laws are needed to prevent this.
Activist groups will jump on any bandwagon to advance their own selfish narratives. Transformative Justice Collective was previously spotted selling anti-death penalty shirts at PinkDot 22, despite no relation to the LGBTQ+ cause.
Do they truly care about those on death row, or are they exploiting these inmates and their families for publicity? Worst, do they not care about those whose lives have been hurt by drugs itself?
This issue of drugs and the death penalty comes on the back of Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam's January 19 FB post on the death penalty where he stressed how public interest must come before personal beliefs.
Should we push for an end to the death penalty when it has helped to save thousands of lives?
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