Australia ex-PM: Singapore a "rogue Chinese port"
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4468644.stm
Anger as Singapore hanging looms
A former Australian prime minister has called Singapore a "rogue Chinese port" for ignoring appeals to save a drug smuggler from the death penalty.
Gough Whitlam, in office in the 1970s, made the remark in an interview about the case of an Australian national who is due to be hanged next week.
Australia has appealed for clemency to be granted to Nguyen Tuong Van.
Singapore insisted the law must take its course, saying that drugs ruined the lives of addicts.
Nguyen's lawyer welcomed Mr Whitlam's support but said his remarks about Singapore would not help.
Mr Whitlam said the Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, should go further by raising the issue at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Malta on Friday.
"If [the meeting] is of any use then it should be raised there, because it concerns many other countries - some larger, some smaller than the rogue Chinese port city," he told The Age newspaper.
Nguyen is due to be executed on 2 December after being convicted of trafficking 400 grams (14.11 ounces) of heroin in 2002.
Mr Howard said he would not campaign for support in Malta for his clemency pleas, saying that would likely harden Singapore's determination. -
Singapore is the only country in the Malay archipelago where non-Islamic Chinese are politically important. You just have to face it. In some way, we are comparable with Israel, but the Israelis are the rightful owners of the land, and their hands are dripping with innocent Muslim blood.
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im eager to see what happen if Singapore's brought to the International Court Of Justice
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If it happens, I hope all the dirt about our Burmese connections get dug up.Originally posted by ceecookie:im eager to see what happen if Singapore's brought to the International Court Of Justice -
or maybe i see what will happen after Australian agents attempt to assasinate S R Nathan as a last ditch methodOriginally posted by iveco:If it happens, I hope all the dirt about our Burmese connections get dug up.
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wad a insult to spore
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you mean singapore is not the rightful owners of the land?Originally posted by iveco:Singapore is the only country in the Malay archipelago where non-Islamic Chinese are politically important. You just have to face it. In some way, we are comparable with Israel, but the Israelis are the rightful owners of the land, and their hands are dripping with innocent Muslim blood. -
Raffles bought over Singapore from the Sultan of Johor. Earlier on, his government took over Nyungar soil down under.Originally posted by sgdiehard:you mean singapore is not the rightful owners of the land? -
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