Changi Prison hangman wants to quit
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Oh well.Originally posted by cornyfish2000:My heart froze when i read this.
I can just picture the scene and imagine the horror that the condemned man and the witnesses must experience, from the time he is served his last meal to the time he is taken away from Changi Prison, lifeless. -
Australia allow meh? I thought there no death sentence?Originally posted by LazerLordz:Singapore hangman wants out
The Daily Telegraph
October 27, 2005
THE man due to execute convicted Australian drug trafficker Van Tuong Nguyen in Singapore is a 73-year-old grandfather who can't retire because no-one will take his job.
The Singaporean government looks set to take the 25-year-old Melbourne man to the gallows, after rejecting his appeal for clemency last Friday.
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has made a last ditch attempt to save Nguyen's life, but says he has little hope the Australian will be spared.
Singapore's chief executioner Darshan Singh, who has hanged more than 850 prisoners in his 46 years in the role, is due to place the rope around Nguyen's neck, The Australian newspaper reported today.
He will say: "I am going to send you to a better place than this. God bless you."
The newspaper says Singh wants to leave his job but authorities cannot find a replacement.
Singh is not permitted by law to speak publicly about his job.
But a colleague told the newspaper: "He tried to train two would-be hangmen to replace him, a Malaysian and a Chinese, both in the prison service.
"But when it came to pulling the lever for the real thing, they both froze and could not do it.
"The Chinese guy, a prison officer, became so distraught he walked out immediately and resigned from the prison service altogether."
Nguyen was caught with 396g of heroin strapped to his body and in his hand luggage at Singapore's Changi airport in 2002.
He is expected to be hanged in the next four to six weeks. -
do wat they r best at lor...
hire foreign talents to do it
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I see before. Can I do it? But I am too small to pull the rope. 1.48m tall nia. How to pull?Originally posted by Aveme:even if you want to do it,they may even subject you to psycological tests first to ensure you can take such death scene.Beside have you really seen a person dying infront of you before? -
Best solution: Ask the victim's family to kill the convict. Spare the Singapore government of hiring and save costs.
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hire bangala to do the job.. simple..
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Well, if they are murderers, I dun think they deserve to be pardonedOriginally posted by cornyfish2000:The moment the clock strikes 6am on Friday.
Anyway, this executioner has shown that he is someone who will kill for money (to be exact, for a mere $400).
I wonder where is his sense of conscience.
Should be applied caning sentences, remember it for life -
his job is a bit unique, nothing to do with consicence.Originally posted by cornyfish2000:The moment the clock strikes 6am on Friday.
Anyway, this executioner has shown that he is someone who will kill for money (to be exact, for a mere $400).
I wonder where is his sense of conscience.
it is not like he is paid hitman. -
wt.........Originally posted by crazy monkey:will the warden get chicken from Geylang for the inmate.
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dont worry.. keep stretching ok... u will be able to join the SPF soonOriginally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:I see before. Can I do it? But I am too small to pull the rope. 1.48m tall nia. How to pull?
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He is a paid hitman of the state.Originally posted by dragg:his job is a bit unique, nothing to do with consicence.
it is not like he is paid hitman. -
automated la....best
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still need someone the switch the thing on right?Originally posted by NT2:automated la....best -
Really?Originally posted by cornyfish2000:The moment the clock strikes 6am on Friday.
Anyway, this executioner has shown that he is someone who will kill for money (to be exact, for a mere $400).
I wonder where is his sense of conscience.
Only on friday mornings? -
Anyone post the full article?Originally posted by KKK84:Got this interesting article from The Australian.
Nguyen executioner revealed
From: By Alan Shadrake
October 28, 2005
Smiling executioner...Singapore's chief hangman Darshan Singh The hangman who will execute Australian drug trafficker Van Tuong Nguyen in Singapore has been revealed as a semi-retired 73-year-old grandfather.
In a matter of weeks, Darshan Singh will place a rope around the 25-year-old's neck and say the words he has spoken to more than 850 condemned prisoners during his 46 years as Singapore's chief executioner.
"I am going to send you to a better place than this. God bless you."
Nguyen's hopes of escaping the gallows receded further yesterday when the Singaporean Government confirmed that it would not make an exception for the Australian.
Mr Singh has officially retired from the prison service but is called upon to carry out executions, for which he receives a fee of $S400 ($312).
Until now, his indentity has been a closely guarded secret in Singapore.
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Officials rarely comment on capital punishment, which is carried out without publicity behind the walls of Changi prison.
But The Australian can reveal today that the 73-year-old grandfather, who lives in a modest, government-owned apartment near the border with Malaysia, has been asked to execute Nguyen unless the Singapore Government gives an unprecedented last-minute reprieve.
Mr Singh told The Australian yesterday that under the Official Secrets Act he was forbidden from speaking about his work.
A colleague and close friend, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told The Australian that Mr Singh wanted to give up his hangman's responsibilities and live quietly in retirement but the authorities were having trouble finding anyone to replace him.
"He tried to train two would-be hangmen to replace him, a Malaysian and a Chinese, both in the prison service," the colleague said.
"But when it came to pulling the lever for the real thing, they both froze and could not do it.
"The Chinese guy, a prison officer, became so distraught he walked out immediately and resigned from the prison service altogether."
Nguyen will meet Mr Singh a few days before he is executed and will be asked if he would like to donate his organs.
On the day before his execution, Mr Singh will lead him to a set of scales close to his death-row cell to weigh him.
Mr Singh will use the Official Table of Drops, published by the British Home Office in 1913, to calculate the correct length of rope for the hanging.
On the day of Nguyen's execution, Mr Singh will be picked up by a government vehicle and driven to the prison, arriving at 2am local time (0400 AEST) to prepare the gallows.
Shortly before 6am, he will handcuff Nguyen's hands behind his back and lead him on his final short walk to the gallows, just a few metres from the cell.
Mr Singh joined the British colonial prison service in the mid-1950s after arriving from Malaysia. When the long-established British hangman Mr Seymour retired, Singh, then 27, volunteered for the job. He was attracted by the bonus payment for executions.
Mr Singh is credited with being the only executioner in the world to single-handedly hang 18 men in one day -- three at a time.
They had been convicted of murdering four prison officers during a riot on the penal island of Pulau Senang in 1963.
He also hanged seven condemned men within 90 minutes a few years later. They had been convicted in what became known as the "gold bars murders", in which a merchant and two employees were killed during a robbery.
One of the most controversial executions in his career was the 1991 hanging of a young Filipina maid, Flor Contemplacion, who was convicted of the murder of a co-worker, Delia Maga, and her four-year-old son, on what many believed was shaky evidence.
He carries out the executions wearing simple casual clothes, often just a T-shirt, shorts, sports shoes and knee-length socks.
To mark his 500th hanging four years ago, four of his former colleagues turned up at his home to celebrate the event with a couple of bottles of Chivas Regal.
Mr Singh boasts that he has never botched an execution.
"Mr Seymour taught him just how long the drop should be according to weight and height and exactly where the knot should be placed at the back of the neck," his colleague said.
"Death has always come instantaneously and painlessly. In that split second, at precisely 6am, it's all over."
Mr Singh was an accomplished cricketer in his youth and was often opening bat.
"He is a keen soccer fan," his colleague said. "His favourite team is Manchester United. He watches all the English Premier League matches he can."
When his colleague asked him why he had stayed so long in such a gruesome job, he replied: "It's all I know. It has become my bread and butter."
"He also used to cane convicted criminals after training in this field," the colleague said.
"The pay then was 50cents per stroke. He could wield a cane as well as he could wield a cricket bat."
Mr Singh lives happily with his second wife and is close to their three adult adopted children.
His first wife left him years earlier because she could not accept what he did. He had kept it a secret from her for years.
Mr Singh reportedly spends time getting to know the condemned prisoners, especially those who do not receive visitors or religious support.
"He is a very kindly man and although it's his job to end their lives he does feel for them," his friend said. "Mr Singh tries to comfort them if they are completely alone in the world at such a horrible time -
Why cant they sentence ppl to death by shooting instead of hanging?Then those NSmen have slightly more experience by using the guy as a target....Originally posted by LazerLordz:Singapore hangman wants out
The Daily Telegraph
October 27, 2005
THE man due to execute convicted Australian drug trafficker Van Tuong Nguyen in Singapore is a 73-year-old grandfather who can't retire because no-one will take his job.
The Singaporean government looks set to take the 25-year-old Melbourne man to the gallows, after rejecting his appeal for clemency last Friday.
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has made a last ditch attempt to save Nguyen's life, but says he has little hope the Australian will be spared.
Singapore's chief executioner Darshan Singh, who has hanged more than 850 prisoners in his 46 years in the role, is due to place the rope around Nguyen's neck, The Australian newspaper reported today.
He will say: "I am going to send you to a better place than this. God bless you."
The newspaper says Singh wants to leave his job but authorities cannot find a replacement.
Singh is not permitted by law to speak publicly about his job.
But a colleague told the newspaper: "He tried to train two would-be hangmen to replace him, a Malaysian and a Chinese, both in the prison service.
"But when it came to pulling the lever for the real thing, they both froze and could not do it.
"The Chinese guy, a prison officer, became so distraught he walked out immediately and resigned from the prison service altogether."
Nguyen was caught with 396g of heroin strapped to his body and in his hand luggage at Singapore's Changi airport in 2002.
He is expected to be hanged in the next four to six weeks. -
Shooting is very painful.Originally posted by ceecookie:Why cant they sentence ppl to death by shooting instead of hanging?Then those NSmen have slightly more experience by using the guy as a target.... -
which will serve as a deterrent for those who wanna smuggle drug....Originally posted by redstone:Shooting is very painful. -
its barbaric.Originally posted by ceecookie:Why cant they sentence ppl to death by shooting instead of hanging?Then those NSmen have slightly more experience by using the guy as a target.... -
hhahaa.....then i bet the NS mens will be vomiting after they shot the guy...Originally posted by dragg:its barbaric.
anyway i hope the singapore govt will not sentence the guy who killed the 2 ppl in orchard tower and fled to aussie to death.... -
in my opinion.. i think lethal injection the best way lah...
the person is first injected anaesthesia.... just like in hospitals before an operation.
when the person is sleeping.. inject potassium chloride..... stop the heart from beating.
or do what vets do to euthanise animals.... just inject overdosage of anaesthesia till the pet dies.
hmm.. maybe singapore should have death sentence..... CANE until the person die. haha
or make SAF's live firing more realistic. -
not cheap leh you pay arh? dun make us poor singaporeans poorer lehOriginally posted by Ponders:in my opinion.. i think lethal injection the best way lah...
the person is first injected anaesthesia.... just like in hospitals before an operation.
when the person is sleeping.. inject potassium chloride..... stop the heart from beating.
or do what vets do to euthanise animals.... just inject overdosage of anaesthesia till the pet dies.
hmm.. maybe singapore should have death sentence..... CANE until the person die. haha
or make SAF's live firing more realistic. -
injecting poision was what the nazis did to the jews in the concentration camps to kill em...Originally posted by Ponders:in my opinion.. i think lethal injection the best way lah...
the person is first injected anaesthesia.... just like in hospitals before an operation.
when the person is sleeping.. inject potassium chloride..... stop the heart from beating.
or do what vets do to euthanise animals.... just inject overdosage of anaesthesia till the pet dies.
hmm.. maybe singapore should have death sentence..... CANE until the person die. haha
or make SAF's live firing more realistic. -
If some of you are squeamish about hanging someone, I just hope that you're not in my platoon if there's a war.
This Mr Singh is a hero to come out of retirement for national service. I hope our government takes good care of him. -
hey it depends. if its a drug smuggler who's doing it for personal greed, go ahead. he deserves it. gang members who are nothing but cowards n use force to bully innocent people deserve it too in my opinion. But this australian? his circumstances are VERY different. There are some assholes I know who work in the SAF that, if I ever decided to sign up in the army and fight a war with them, I'd let them have a mag's worth of 5.56mms.Originally posted by dracky:If some of you are squeamish about hanging someone, I just hope that you're not in my platoon if there's a war.
This Mr Singh is a hero to come out of retirement for national service. I hope our government takes good care of him.