Strong support for death penalty reflected in polls of Singapore, neighbouring countries: Shanmugam
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 มิ.ย. 2024
- Singapore's Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam cited local and regional surveys as proof of strong and growing support for using the death penalty on drug traffickers. He was delivering a ministerial statement in parliament on Wednesday (May 8) regarding Singapore’s approach to drug control. Read more: cna.asia/3UQYLpF
00:00 Introduction
01:53 The drug situation around the world
19:53 Singapore’s approach on drug control
44:10 Public support for Singapore’s drug control approach
47:44 MHA’s future plans
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Death Penalty must and will stay
The current laws on drug abuse and trafficking should be made stricter to protect the people in Singapore's children and youth.
The result of this is an overall drug free society by solid result, it work like a charm and it should stay as is
Fentanyl outbreak in the USA. Drugs should never be legal. Also recall the opium wars.
Dearh Penalty is a must. Keep our kids safe!
Thank you for making a strong stand and as a mother, I can't thank God enough for the efforts made to protect our kids and their future 🙏
Capital punishment is necessary to protect the safety of its citizen. Spore should pursue its own policies with regards to the treatment of undesirable activities and ignore criticisms from where else. Always stay strong.
Please NEVER step down from the death penalty! It has been a bulwark against Drugs, kidnapping, terrorism etc.. Singapore needs this strong bulwark!!
When it comes to drugs - Do Not Abolish the death penalty. However, those found guilty must be accorded every opportunity to avail themselves of the offense if they believe to be innocent. There's no point trying to be 'nice' knowing the devastation and proliferation narcotics can cause in any society. People claiming Amnesty International and the UN Declaration of Human Rights - the moment anyone is trafficking drugs - knowing full well the damage they are causing to people's lives - have forfeited their rights to such human rights.
Amnesty International is a joke
If it ain't broken, maintain the policy
52 minutes of flexing to the world on how effective our drug law is👏
No drugs abuse on this small island.
I support increasing funding to MHA, CNB, and ICA to stop trafficking at the ports.
Medical marijuana has been legal in Thailand since 2018, but decriminalization in 2022 took things a step further, making it no longer a crime to grow and trade marijuana and hemp products, or to use any parts of the plant to treat illnesses.’
Good luck to us. Its getting tougher. But soon we will become like all these 3 rd world countries. Like the minister said’cant be stopped’. So how much enforcement?
@@jessiejames7492 Thailand is backing down on the decriminalization of marijuana. Which goes to prove that decriminalization drugs does not solve any issue and in fact make the issue more serious.
I will go one step further and say that I will agree to increase of taxes when necessary to support such efforts.
@@cancanjaker1620 Cost of living for average person already high enough, I rather Govt cut funding useless vanity projects and redirect funds to MHA enforcement.
@@ImperialArmour LOL. As usual, money will fall from the sky.
I am not in Singapore but I wish our country has strong policies like Singapore to protect everyone in every way specially Yonge generation.
Not only drugs problem for other crimes too.
Very sadly with fault of our government Our country is going insane with drugs , alcohol and other illegal activities 😢
It is much better to have strong policies that applies equally to everyone to protect people and the country. 🙏💐
If K Shan steps down, who will replace him? I'm more worried about the next Law minister than PM lol
Agreed… its really worrying..
Swiftie Concert king?
Got lah. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Election coming. Let vote the new one
No one has proven better than him. So he , imho, can work till he don't want
Those who feel that 'leisure or entertainment drugs' or whatever one may label them as should be legalized ought to just migrate to those countries which legalized them. The door is wide open and no one's stopping you!
That's very selfish of you, just because you don't like something, does not mean that others should not be allowed to do it. Whatever people choose to do with their lives should be none of your business as long as it's not directly affecting you. It's a matter of personal freedom and human rights. Their body their choice
@@noname-kh3fz thats now how Singapore runs. We have the right as a soverign state to impose laws we see fit
Never let western countries have a say on our law. Good that we have a stance on keeping death penalty as it should be! NO DRUGS IN SINGAPORE!
1.犯毒没有死刑:毒品会大进货.
2.走私犯人会想:过拿钱, 被警察抓新加坡包吃包住.
有死刑都一直来了。没死刑，还有什么好犹豫的。
I support taking the tough stance against drug abuse in Singapore. It would not have worked without the law enforcement and judiciary system here, as well as public support.
Other countries cannot prevail using the same law because they cannot get their act together.
Home Minister nailed it, a strong determined Minister and home team. no comprise but he has compassion where is needed and justified.
our best home minister , unshakable
Glad to see my taxes delivering results by Sg Govt.
Excellent presentation of the problem.
Why debate on the death penalty for drug trafficking rather than increased rate of major traffic offences?
Singapore is known for this law. You have the freedom of choice not to smuggle in drugs, yet you took the risk. So, blames who? When having strict law in this could only minimise the violations, what good or situation will arise if it gets lenient?
Because the western govt, media and NGO have been attacking Spore for our strict laws on drug abuse. They do this every now and then so our govt must fight back and remind the public. Drug abuse among young people has been going up.
Something is wrong with the world especially the leaders.
We know wars kill life. It's wrong. And yet they happen.
We know drugs kill life. It's wrong. And yet the rules are lax in countries.
Where's the moral courage to stand up against them?
So when other countries are pretty useless, we Singapore should stand firm in our war against drug. And who says there's decrease in support for death penalty against drug trafficking?
Absolutely! Yes!
Hope the escalating crimes we see today will get some tough new laws esp child abuse, sex crimes, scams, and littering and crimes against animals. The voiceless: children and animals!
If the death penalty is gone, how much more $ is required by the govt to save the victims, society & economy? Increased in drugs abuse, more gangs, rapes (prostitution), poor health, social instability, lesser foreign investments. The $ will then ultimately come from the tax payers….
Prevention is better than ‘Cure’
So, please continue to have this law. Never take it down.
Fully agree 👍
If it works then no need to change
Please cover Kovan murders final outcome also.
What is so scary is that death penalty do not even deter the new drug fetanyl
not scary if one is prepared to go...make it scarier if witness their closed ones take the penalty on their behalf.
@@ysngngys7753 don't be stupid. You really think they have "closed ones"?
Kirstin han the activitist was a Malaysian not sure how she got Sg PR?
Hundreds of thousands of americans die of fetanyl addiction....
Yes n agree 💯👍.
When was there such a poll for death penalty in sg? Never heard of it before. Ownself survey ownself?
In 1973, the Misuse of Drugs Act was introduced. The presumption that one is drug trafficking was was defined by the quantity of drugs possessed. Anyone who possesses 15g of diamorphine or 30g of morphine are presumed to be a drug trafficker and the death penalty will be imposed. In subsequent years, the legislators started to add other drugs that imposed the death penalty - opium, methamphetamine and cannabis.
Never never mind the non SG citizens. We take care of our own.
living things need air, food and water to survive. Period.
Ask china about her experience with opium.
Opium affected people in South East Asia too.
That is one thing that makes me feel there is hope to fight against this drug war in Asia. China will have an unwavering stance against drugs.
Treatment of addiction is borne by taxation of hard working and productive people. Governments do not have resources for free but takes resources from productive people via taxation.
It is so serious that president duerte of philipines authorise extra judicial killings of drug gangs to contain the problem
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MAN GET RID OF ACOHOL BEFORE U TALKING ABOUT CANNABIS
Workers Party dont even dare to ask, can you prove the claim that many support the death Penalty? For me, i of course believe this.
Why not talk about the alcohol abuse problem in sg? Is it acceptable to become addicted to alcohol even though it's even more harmful than many other substances? The legality of a substance doesn’t always correlate with what’s beneficial or harmful. While laws aim to regulate behavior and protect society, they don’t always align perfectly with individual well-being.
Alcohol is a work in progress. In case you didn't notice, Singapore is also actively working to curb smoking. Which is also a fatal addiction. And the anti-smoking progress are working in Singapore. Also, alcohol abuse is not too serious in Singapore. You cannot expect there to be zero abuse of any substance. Not when there are always people who think it is acceptable to drug/drink themselves senseless.
@@cancanjaker1620 Moderation is key, people should also have the freedom to decide for themselves on what they want to consume. It makes no sense to ban anything that allows people to have fun. It's a matter of personal freedom and human rights which is something that this gov does not understand.
@@noname-kh3fz yes, getting yourself knocked out senseless with substances and then claiming no responsibility in the name of "fun". How sad these people must be that they cannot have fun while staying sober. How fake they must be living that they need to drink to "let loose".
@@cancanjaker1620 Alcohol abuse is actually very rampant in Singapore, but no one really talks about it and it's socially acceptable. I believe most people just can't live a life without a vice, the desire to alter consciousness is just part of human nature.
@@noname-kh3fz Depends on what you consider is a vice. There are plenty of people who live without a vice that destroy their standard of living and the lives of people around them. A lot of people get through life without an addiction. If you think alcohol is very rampant in Singapore, maybe it is because you only choose to hang out with people who cannot socialized without drinking and you can't meet someone at a place they don't sell alcohol.
Which poll? How big was the sample size? Drug abuse has always been a symptom of societal failings, not its cause. Both alcohol and cigarettes also extol similar death counts if not more, why not ban those too?
Is drug issue a serious problem in Singapore? Obviously no. Why are they wasting parliament time discussing useless non important things?
Do those in parliament knows neighbouring countries (Malaysia, Thailand n Indonesia) are snatching up International events holding sites n big mnc investment?
Shouldnt they spend time discussing how to make Singapore competitive n relevant?
Hypocritical minister
Drugs abuse is not the serious problem in Singapore . The most serious and dangerous problem in Singapore is Gambling addictions and illegal money laundering. Scammers and fraudulent traders have grown in numbers and not subjected to the death penalty. How money laundering can affect your business and family. Let’s not get carried away with drugs and alcohol addictions as the only devices 😂
Drug abuse is not serious because Singapore has death penalty to deter drug trafficking!
乱国乱政的人很多。
Do u have punishment for corrupt politicians ?
Singaporeans, I'm curious: has any one of you really participated in the cited surveys? To the best of my knowledge, I have not heard of any Singaporeans invited to participate in the cited surveys - not me, none of my friends, relatives, neighbours, office colleagues, nobody! Can someone enlighten me which surveys Mr Shanmugam is talking about?
Hi there. Just going by all the comments here, you get a feel of the accuracy of the said survey...
Reminding the 6 or 7 or now 8 deadly sins....?
Shan Got this Right 👏👏👏
Someone is getting 🥱 sleepy…..
Food for thought: do u think drugs is always around just to let global population stay stable/low?
Since he says so many support. Whats the issue and this statement and spend so much time?
i think the govt is facing international pressures esp EU and other first world nations to follow modern norms.
cuz there r still many JBBSBs like u JBBSB...
Because if he keeps quiet, then people will spread rumours that death penalty has no support and Singaporeans are against it. He needs to state the facts and speak up against those imaginative activists.
@@cancanjaker1620 anything can have a good excuse including war. To make it clearer for understanding, National Interest defined by one person can be said as National interest to massacre another country people. Case in point, Russia. To be even clearer, what I said about war is used as an analogy and not to be interpreted literally to equate the two.
@@cancanjaker1620 if most Singaporeans really support it , what's the damage rumours can do to change their minds? Politically correctly, I would agree with you lah👀🏳️
the Ex abusers on public gallery coincidentally happened to be Malay majority 22:24 😂
Your point? Wanna see the percentage of abusers of alcohol and gambling? I bet you don't you coward. Jus shut up since you don't have either anything smart nor useful to say. But you do you. Very gung ho
Chibai 😂
@MS_Prd 🤭😝.. blame the camera man..
Memang melayu pun byk isap dadah. Dh terbukti dgn data. Apa boleh buat, kali mak bapak kerja pancut dan tak didik anak.
@@zafraz1077 benda dh terbukti engkau lagi nak marah buat pe? Terima jelah bangsa kita ni masih otak mundur.
Cartels: Thank you Singapore for your fight to keep drugs illegal, which keeps us rich and in business.
And don't worry about death penalty, we'll just keep sending our disposable drug mules. No big deal..
Drug cartels will be richer when the drugs are made legal.
@@linhwang6651 Quite the opposite actually. Cartel drug markets would be virtually destroyed in places with regulated legalization. Why buy risky untested product from cartels when there is govt regulated product certified pure and cheaper in price? The cartels will have to desperately look for another way of surviving.
@@self..destroyer, The drug cartels will enter the regulated bussiness too and control the markets.
Ya busqué tus videos para actualizarlos! Nuestro gobierno no tiene idea de cómo la gente está sufriendo económicamente estos días en el mundo. Gracias Sra. Melanie Rose Caparro, imagínese invertir $6,000 y recibir $14,000 cada 8 días. Es importante que todos prioricen la inversión
We the citizens of sg,pleage ourself as one united people ( PAP only united to power and money .corruption too)
U are igorant
@lengho6294 you are a dog,good for barking for your masters,you will get will leftover,good dog,now go keep barking for your master that feed you leftover 😉
When "Singapore" 🇸🇬 is mentioned, people think of 3 things:
- No chewing gum,
- capital punishment for petty crimes, and
- a Chinese TikTok CEO repeating "I am Singaporean" like a school kid.
Welcome to the disgraceful land OF PAP
Petty crimes? You call drug trafficking "petty crime"?
BoT here to spam his BS again
@@WestliFerZul so what politicians do to their peoples, no crimes,corrupted, abuses of power,do whatever they like,stay rideout pay peanut,under table,robbers and thieves.
@@WestliFerZulYou call cannabis a "drug"?
Double standard,we poll for no erp and coe,will PAP approve?, many excuses will come out from the relevant politicians ,predicted kekekekeke
no...
International standards restrict the application of the death penalty to intentional murder, and less than half of countries that retain the death penalty in law or in practice execute for drug offences. The United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime, the very agency responsible for enforcing global prohibition of illicit drugs, acknowledged in 2015 that international drug policy based on criminal punishment has created a “lucrative and violent black market”. It is widely accepted among drug policy experts that the global war on illicit drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world.
Instead of disrupting drug cartels, capital drug laws in practice often operate to punish those who are typically recruited from marginalized groups with intersecting vulnerabilities, and who are easily replaced if arrested. The current evidence on the deterrent effect of the death penalty for drug trafficking is too weak to demonstrate effectiveness. In addition, the Singaporean public does not appear to be clamoring for the retention of the death penalty for drug trafficking. Whom and what purpose the death penalty serves in Singapore remains unanswered.
Singapore 's drug law is the gold standard for the world. But SG does have a problem with one privileged drug - alcohol. Alcohol abuse is treated leniently here. Health related treatments drag down our medical resources. Road accidents by drunk drivers kill innocent victims, but the culprits get a mere 2 yrs jail time. A 16 yr old underaged boy was sentenced to 16 yrs jail for killing his schoolmate. This anomaly can only be explained by the powerful alcohol lobby in the PAP. All the bosses n executives of beer n liquor businesses are members of the PAP.
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Ridout
Well supported???😂🤣😂🤣🤣 pls published the raw data.
@deschan2246 You, a second class Malaysian citizen is not bright enough to understand even if you were given the raw data.
Not all drugs classified under "Drug " deserve capital punishment.
Especially those drug that are legalised by more than one country. If it is truly harmful, why should these countries legalised them to harm their own people? If it is lesser harm, y is Singapore still classified them undèr capital punishment?
Here we go again... You are a drug addict??
WOKE
@deschan, u r addicted to negative thoughts. U seem to suggest that we shd do away with capital punishment just bcos other countries do so.
@oyu7505 i am saying when did u migrated to Singapore?
That's none of your biz what we do in Sg.
Would repealing the death penalty is the best this gov is a JOKE
You mean YOU are a 🤡 telling us our government is a JOKE??
@@EasternKalogeros . He is a rogue comedian.
@@oyu7505 spot on
First world facade, third-world barbarism 🤪
the so called first world countries are already starting to look like third world countries with all the illegals and drugs coming in. Your leaders should write a book, from first world to third (Lee Kuan Yew's book was titled from third world to first)
For those who advocate abolishing death penalty based on inhumane reasons maybe also try work on abolishing colonialism and wars! Example in Palestine now which is more inhumane! Do we see amnesty international condemnation of the war and crackdown of the peaceful students protestors?
The use of the death penalty for crimes committed by people younger than 18 is prohibited under international human rights law, yet some countries still resort to the death penalty in these situations. Such executions are few compared to the total number of executions recorded by Amnesty International each year.
ตายทั้งเป็นผ้เป็นเหยี่อ
Amnesty International doesn't care about you bro...
Sohai.
Amnesty International holds that the death penalty breaches human rights, in particular the right to life and the right to live free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Both rights are protected under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the UN in 1948.
What about the right to life for the many more victims of drug violence?
The most useless NGO .
I don't live by what Amnesty International says.
Amnesty International doesn't support the victims of drug abuse or those terrorized by drug dealers. They can quote you names of drug smugglers hung in Singapore but not the victims of the drug abuse.
Use your common sense will be better.
Singapore will lose the war on drugs. Criminalizing drug does not help with reducing crime, on the contrary it aggravates crimes. Criminalization of drug reduces the supply, which results in increase price for drug. This provides greater incentive for drug syndicates to bring drugs into the country through black market. They bring crimes along with their illegal activities. Therefore, the current situation with drug related crimes is the direct consequence of Singapore's laws on drugs. The laws have unintended consequences and Singapore must change course.
Instead, Singapore should decriminalize some drugs and control the sale of those drugs. This would deprive drug syndicates the incentive to bring in drugs together with their criminal activities. The controlled sale of drugs can generate additional revenue for the state. Also, users can have better consumer protection. This is a better approach to the war on drug.
Do not trust PAP. Do not vote PAP. PAP does not know how to fight the war on drug. FYI, weed is a natural plant with many health benefits.
I don't trust WOKE like you.... all the Cheap talk and silly and useless theories...
You are a foreigner. Don't meddle here.
@Xian. I don't trust u!
You described what happened in other countries, not here.
@@Buttercookies0yah okay anyone who raises a contrarian view is a ‘foreigner’, you brainwashed sinkie.
The Death Penalty have to abolish no matter how triggered some people are by this statement REPEAL THE DEATH PENALTY
Death Penalty must and will stay
It is sad that such a punishment is necessary but the up sides of threatening the death penalty for drug trafficking outweighs any consideration for the welfare of the perpetrator especially given the potential devastation to society caused by said drugs!
Why? You are rushing to do drugs?
@martinbrock713
Bodoh.
Death Penalty must be abolished one day cause it is inhumane
One drug trafficker affected thousands of families. Is it not inhumane when thousands of families were affected by drugs? Where is their rights to a peaceful living and safety.
Death Penalty must and will stay
@martinarchie, the death n hurt caused by drug traffickers is more inhumane
Don't pretend to be a saint, when in fact you are the devil for suggesting that.
Sohai. Murican wannabe.
Death Penalty must and will stay