Van Nguyen: Live and Let Die

The case of Van Nguyen has seriously been overplayed by the media on trying to draw hopes that he will not be hanged for his drug-related offences, as well as to put down the Singapore Government’s authority on giving the death penalty for drug related crimes.
Van Nguyen, an Australian citizen with Vietnamese descent was jailed sometime in 2002 for possessing nearly 400g of Heroin whilst transiting Singapore. Reports claimed he was used as a drug mule where he was helping his twin brother pay off his debts, allegedly caused by an addiction of the same drug.
Currently, many Australians have rallied to show support for Van Nguyen’s family, in particularly his mother, who had appealed several times to the Singapore Government and has also appeared on national television news to voice her appeals. Understandably, Van Nguyen’s mother was grief-stricken by news that her son will face execution by hanging, but has carried on hopes that her pleas will be heard.
The Australian Government has also tried to appeal to the PM of Singapore for a pardon, but apparently to no avail. The latest news was for Victoria's Attorney General, Rob Hulls to try a final appeal against the execution but was again turned down.
My view on this issue is to just give it up. First off, I am rather pissed off by the Australian media to aggravate the issue by displaying a bias against the Singapore Government’s decisions, as well as to the Ministers involved. They tend to include unnecessary information just so to create an image that makes the Singapore Government’s reactions look amateurish. This I feel will create a false image to the general public who already has an overflow of disinformation about the Republic of Singapore.
Look, I really pity the guy and his family, I really do. But we have to understand the effects of the drugs Van Nguyen was carrying should it pass through the Singapore Customs; 400g of Heroin can make more than 100 doses for addicts on the streets. Why hasn’t the Australian media said anything about its own citizens having recently created a whole string of drug related offences from Bali to America? I mean, it just seems like Australia views drug-taking as a phase of their lives and everyone knows about it, but nobody wants to clean it up. We have to understand that if Van Nguyen had been successful in bringing the Heroin on the streets, many others who are addicts (and non-addicts) can die of drug related deaths. All because Van Nguyen wanted to clear his brother’s debts?? Who then is going to console the druggies’ families? Who then will appeal for tighter laws governing drug trafficking?? Who then will help the addicts clear their debts on drug-taking, who had taken the Heroin that was sold on the streets, which had been transported by Van Nguyen? This whole 'thing' created a big and vicious chain reaction that must be stopped somehow, and somebody will have to pay – in this case, dearly. If Van Nguyen had wanted to help his brother clear his debts, using illegal means are definitely not the way! Everybody knows that there is no shortcut to success – you want the money, you will have to work for it…legally of course. Why be the person who’s gonna be feeding more drugs to people who are already desperately in need of salvation?
It is true that Singapore has very tough laws against drug-related offences, but that is precisely why laws are kept in place: to keep the streets safe so you and your kids can walk about without being harrassed by addicts demanding money, or street peddlers offering ‘free samples’ to your teenage son at the club, or worrying about your daughters' visit to clubs where rape-drugs are rampant.
Can’t Australia see the light to this issue? Yes I’m sure they can, but it’s just that people wouldn’t react to it unless their family or friends has been a victim to drugs and know how they can kill your loved ones before they will say that what Van Nguyen has done was just wrong. The death penalty is there as a deterrent to anyone else that tries to commit drug-related offences that will harm and kill many others for the benefit of oneself. No doubt it is unfortunate that Van Nguyen will be made an example of this punishment, but nonetheless, Australians had absolutely no idea that Singapore carries such tough penalties should anyone else risk it. Furthermore, what would others think if the Singapore Government had pardoned Van Nguyen on his offence? The offence that so many others from around the world had tried and failed and had to be hanged for their crimes. Should the Government then consider pardoning the others in the future? What kind of governing system would the Republic have, had it accede to the requests of another country’s political influence despite the charges being set out by law?
And what’s this shit about showing contempt for Australia? It just doesn’t work this way people.