Singaporean Foreign Minister on the Death Penalty
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ต.ค. 2024
- Singaporean Foreign Minister speaks at high-level event entitled “The Death Penalty and Victims” (co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Argentina, France and Italy, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)).
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i will forever remember the quote “a criminal rights must be weighted against the rights of their victims and the families, community that they affected”
You fail to understand that miscarriages of justice happen. Look to Scandinavia's rehabilitation system, where recidivism (second-time offenders) is comparably extremely low. Every government that thinks otherwise live 100s of years back in time and should be ashamed of themselves.
@@Al3xandeer Fuck that im all bout my own people my nation is built by my ancestors for us we will not gonna spend our tax money on trying to rehab some foreigners try to bring harm to our country. A nation who do anything for its own people safety should be proud of themselves
@@Al3xandeer spot on
@@Al3xandeer Recidivism is low but not zero isn't it. Being such a small country and so close to the golden triangle, Singapore just couldn't afford to take the risks. In this case, the rights of the criminal has been weighed against the rights of their victims, families and community that were affected. Majority of the population in Singapore also supports the death penalty.
@@KeoNz Never said it was zero, and that's not a realistic goal. Being a small country close to the golden triangle is no excuse to take life - there are other less harsh measures available. And I don't think the 'majority' of the population freely supports taking others' life with the evidential and legal risks involved.
Lived and worked in Singapore and we would allow our twelve and fourteen year olds to take a taxi to go to a midnight movie and meet them afterwards for local food! Of all the places we have lived including my home country,it was only in Singapore that we felt safe enough to allow this! There is so much to be said for living in a safe environment and thank you Singapore!
Same as in Saudi Arabia. When I first visited this country I felt safe unlike in my homecountry (Germany). People need to understand that the death penalty applies to criminals only and is executed in rare occasions. You're not going to commit murder or smuggle drugs anyway on your vacation so why fear the death penalty 🤷♂️
where are you from originally?
@karonic ゝ what risk are you talking about? Obviously you've not been there
What happen if any innocent get death penalty.
@@guardianGod009 The quick answer, This is not the united states, where is trial by liberal media and the popular vote
I am from China. My elder son has been going to school by public bus since primary 2. Thank you SG for providing a safe environment.
Shameful that you think human right abuses risking illegitimate capital punishments provides a 'safe environment'
@@sarahbailey8524 well lol westerners are always jealous there is no illegitimate punishment here
@@sarahbailey8524still safer then the us
The criminals abuse human rights first?
@@sarahbailey8524
If you think it’s shameful, stay where you are, places you’re comfortable with.
As a Singaporean, I fully support 100% our Singapore Government on the Death Penalty ~ only that you are living in this safe Country that you can really appreciate our strict Law and Order that protect good law-abiding people.
Only if one is Chinese, Chinese have privilege in Singapore, this is why they behave with impunity. Most of people on the death row are not Chinese
@@rpgbb most in death row are those who import drugs to Singapore la what u talking bout bruh
@@rpgbb ye because most if not all of the drug trafficker are foreigners in singapore
@@rpgbb lol, someone is salty
Singapore should.abolish death penalty mist catch drug mastermind
Huge respect for Singapore. Thank goodness I'm not giving this speech because mine would be one sentence. "Your country is in shambles, don't tell us what to do."
Your statement win my friend
Well said bro😂
8 years from now, going to US and countries which I witness how drug has destroyed so many of their ppl. I am so blessed Singapore stay firm on the ground to fight against drug.
Think many people have a misconception that Singapore kill whoever touches drug. Death penalty is given to drug traffickers, there are still drugs addicts and we do not give them the death penalty.
It is a deterrence and it works..
To add to what you mentioned above, possession of over a certain fairly low amount creates a rebuttable presumption of drug trafficking, which is a capital offence. So drug addicts who are not in fact actual traffickers can still be subject to the death penalty because of this.
In fact our drug rehabilitation program are way better managed than many western countries, definitely better than usa, although granted that is a low hanging fruit.
@@tragicrequiem dude you have to hoard tens of thousands of drug to qualify for that.
@@JN003 sorry the drug traffickers do deserve to die, as much as the bandits who rob the villagers of all their rice and valuable, leaving them with nothing for the winter in your parable
I agree with Dr. Vivian here. As an Indonesian, the drug problems here are really severe. It can lead to poverty, human suffering, and death. I agree with Singapore that huge drug traffickers must be put to death not just as a way to redeem their crime, but also as a deterrance for future would-be drug traffickers.
People and social justice warriors always emphasize on human rights, but they forget human responsibilities. They have the responsibility to protect and tolerate other people's human rights, including the rights to live and to be free from torture. If you sell drugs, you have failed your human responsibility and your human rights could be waived as a result. It is simple logic. You have the right to get an A for your test, but you also have the responsibility to do the test properly and not cheat. If you fail to do your responsibility, you won't get an A.
The West always emphasize individual liberty of criminals while the East, Indonesia and Singapore included, believe that the common destiny of the society must be made a priority
I agree
Agreed. Still wish they'd do the same to pedophiles, rapists, and corruptors. First degree murderers in Indonesia also still get away too easily. It's really scary when rapists or murderers only get 12 yrs sentences tops (usually), 80% of them (iirc) repeats their crime after they served their sentence.
@@zero59267 I don't know about indonesia but singapore you get death sentence or life sentence for murder, and around 20 years plus canning for rape, pedophiles depands on how severe the crime is if they have sexual intercourse with under 14 i think you get same charge as rape even if it is not rape.
Well said !
Nobody is forcing you to buy the drugs though. Doesn't the individual have a responsibility to his own safety? Otherwise we are all considered children, incapable of self-control
Singaporean ministers are so articulate it presenting, so clear and so precise in our case to UN. Personally, I do not approve of anyone to take another’s life, but in a broader picture the sacrifice of one to save a nation cannot be argued. The world can learn a lot from Singapore, we are not perfect but we have created a haven of sorts, a safe and prosperous nation for all to live. God bless Singapore.
Unfortunately, the next generation of ministers are no so eloquent.
@@hongmama1245 really? I think they are.
@@Jinkypigs They are, and I vouch as an immigrant, I am very much blessed to be a resident in this country. Some people here take everything for granted and expects the government to satisfy everyone 100%
@@hongmama1245
Our opposition are even worse
@@Jinkypigs So cotton comes from sheep?
I live in Europe for 40 years Europe is a mess. Many of the young people do drugs. Everyday you have murders, burglaries. Is not safe here. They should solve their own problems. And not give lessons to Singapore. Singapore is clean and safe haven.very good education . What do you want more from a country.
They want to abolish the death penalty for drug trafficking.
Pete Indian call you CHUNEE
Unless you live in Bulgaria I seriously have no idea what you're talking about.
Juste look in TH-cam ((most violent cities)) in Europe
And funny why when I looked in Google the most violent cities In the world the top are south America and America and Europe. But no Asia cities or they are listed in the bottom. are crimes connected to democracy.... leave us alone we don't need crooks and criminal to tell us what to do.....
Singapore ranks top 10 in probably everything. Economy, education, safety, health, standard of living... and yet other countries have the audacity to tell Singapore what it should and shouldn't do. We are the ones that should be learning from and imitating Singapore and taking it as an example for what should a state be like
Top 10 most overworked countries too
One death is not that big of a deal. When some one has committed a crime such as serial rapist. Then what more justice can there be than a bullet in the head and to eradicate such people from the world? It would benefit not only society but also that person who committed the crimes, as it would put their soul at peace and put them out of their misery.
In regards to human rights they are a international disgrace.
@@Andrew-df1dr what is the point of human rights if a country doesn’t take into account the long term consequences for such leeways? Take for example america, im sure u urself is a rather reasonable man and can see what a joke of a leader donald trump is, and the simple fact that there exists fox news to justify his actions is a joke in itself. However despite how absurd they may sound, they still have a rather large viewership, now this would not have been the case had the gov taken steps to regulate the free media. Then a thought arises from such actions, is the gov not impeding upon human rights, the right to free speech? No matter how irresponsible the ideas communicated may sound? The belief in free speech is one that stems from the belief that the media separates irresponsible ideas from the responsible and rewards the latter, in the case of america, this has proven hopelessly wrong. So would it not be wiser to look at the bigger picture and focus more on the country’s long term survivability and growth as a nation than to be preoccupied with this obsession over human rights? Of course, we can’t expect sg’s system of governance to be a universal standard and must accept that diff countries may have diff takes on every aspect of society depending on their culture, traditions and history, the same could be applied regarding a country’s stance on human rights.
@@haywoodjablowme2812 Look at Australia. It is a progressive country that has free speech, no death penalty, a strong economy, excellent health care and is a multi party liberal democracy. It works well.
I have to agree with VB that Singapore is one of the (if not the most) safest. Countries in the world. That is a very important and basic human right.
One death is not that big of a deal. When some one has committed a crime such as serial rapist. Then what more justice can there be than a bullet in the head and to eradicate such people from the world? It would benefit not only society but also that person who committed the crimes, as it would put their soul at peace and put them out of their misery.
The tortured understanding of law concepts is the reason
Technically, North Korea is one of the safest countries in the world as well, but it's because no one dares to break the law. Same for Singapore.
Singapore is a pseudo-democracy. It has been run by the same party since the country gained independence.
@@Andrew-df1dr Yeah true, but tbh all the other political parties in Singapore arent that good either, literally most of them are leftist political parties which aren't good (except for WP), PAP unfortunately is the best choice, a libertarian conservative party would be the best imo
Yes, I think most of us Singaporeans agree with death penalty. We are very small and definitely our population needs a stronger protection. I honestly don’t get why are other countries interfering another country’s jurisdictions? Countries differ in many ways be it size, population, geographical locations, social behaviours. I mean I just attend a lesson on competition law and this is what I learn so far. I’m pretty sure criminal law works in a similar pattern.
@Diana.B
“Most Singaporeans agree with the death penalty”?? I don’t recall ANY surveys or studies being done to support your assumptions.
You are just a Nationalist supporting your country leaders’ views for the sake of supporting. Not to mention, a country whom is a ONE Party state which doesn’t take criticism well and suing ordinary citizens for simple things like sharing a news..
@@Callsign-Blade_RunnerSG
You can easily find on channel news Asia website. I don’t have to teach you how to find. You’re not a kid anymore Billy.
And honestly, you can calculate statistics yourself based on the comments to this vid. There’s no need to spoon feed you with the data when you can do it yourself. I’m not making any assumptions either, you probably don’t chat with your colleagues over lunch.
Singapore is not a one party state. We do have elections. You probably know this too because you’re either one of us or used to be. Votes don’t lie. And what makes you think that I support for the sake of supporting? I’m more logical than you think. What change are you looking for honestly. What? Increase in pension fund? Don’t meddle with your cpf? You don’t really understand the concept do you? Then start studying, improve yourself instead of weeping on the Internet.
@@Callsign-Blade_RunnerSG you mentioned sharing news? What sort of news? Are they base on true hard facts? If they are not true then yes, they should sue the person for false accusation or defamation. And do you know why? It’s for credibility. It’s not just about you and me. Think BIGGER and BROADER. If they don’t build credibility, many Singaporeans will be out of job in no time.
That’s how law works too. Based on facts and beyond reasonable doubt.
@@Callsign-Blade_RunnerSG alright then since you want credible source to support Diana's assumption. You should also be giving some, which article, news, source said that the Singapore government will sue someone for sharing news. You also never clarify what type of news and whether the news is real or fake. Your argument itself is mixing so much so i do not think you have the right to criticize someone else.
@@Callsign-Blade_RunnerSG oh yea how do you know that Diana is supposedly a nationalist. Again there's no credible evidence and proof where he said he is a nationalist that only supports the "leader's view for the sake of supporting". Rather than Diana simply making random assumptions, i think the one that is doing that is you
It's funny how the world works...
Singapore solved their drug problem, almost all citizens are happy with the results and process. Meanwhile, we have countries struggling with domestic drug problems trying to teach Singapore a lesson? 🤣🤣🤣
well said
Singaporean here,
First I'd like to address the misconception, drug cases do still occur in Singapore. Off hand I do not have the statistics, but to say that Singapore has, 'solved it's drug problem' is not exactly true. We have been and will keep waging a bloody war against it.
But aside from that, in policy review, to tunnel on a specific policy without considering the external circumstances and conditions is short sighted.
Mr Vivian made a great argument for the DP within the context of only the DP and how it affects the drug issue.
In truth, Singapore as a country is a much easier country to police and regulate. Whether it's because of the small land size, being bordered by mostly water, having the budget for technology like security cameras and employing regulars and conscripts in the borders or on the streets as neighbourhood police, you cannot simplify the lower drug rates and attribute it solely to the DP
We should consider at a fundamental level, "What is the purpose of a prison?"
If your answer is the removal of a criminal from the law abiding citizens of society, then by all means keep the DP.
But if your answer is to rehabilitate troubled citizens and then reincorporate them back to society, then there isn't a strong argument for the DP. Singapore has been targeting this exact point with movements like the Yellow Ribbon, but continues it's stance on DP, which is contradictory.
@@dariuschoo8495 Isn't the DP for traffickers and not addicts? How is that contradictory?
@@dariuschoo8495 Apart from the other comment that DP is primarily for traffickers, you missed out the fundamental point that it is impossible to stamp out drugs or any form of crime. Being able to keep drug abuse counts to a very low level, coming from our roots where drug use is extremely rampant, is very well considered as "solved".
@@marcusmjx740 singapore defines trafficker by the amount of control substance they have in their possession.
Drug abuse ruin lives and destroys families. Take care of your own messy backyard before telling Singapore how to run it's own country please!
Respect la... Clear, concise n very humble. Apologetic at times.
He low key called all the ang mos racist thou heehee
yes apologetic
I never searched for this video. But yet, here I am.
Lee kuan yew said it best "one death is too kind"
Lee Yew was a dictator.
@@Andrew-df1dr First off, please spell the founder of my nations name right. Second off, could you elaborate why he was a dictator? Also what does him being a supposed dictator have anything to do with death penalty to drug traffickers here?
@@Nathangoh12345 No. He was a terrible leader. He was a dictator and should be remembered as such. He created a police state, which has very tight controls and punishments for people using the basic freedoms of man: Freedom of choice, expression, speech, assembly, association and the press.
@@Andrew-df1drThat's you being ignorant because you never walked in the shoes of a Singaporean. LKY took Singapore from a third world country to a first world country in ONE generation. Crime was every where back then and there was a massive drug problem after the Brits left us and we were kicked out of Malaysia. LKY did what he had to do for Singapore to survive. You're imposing your western belief system onto others and you see yourself morally superior yet you do not see the irony in your world view. Singapore does have the freedom to speech and assembly, at the same time, if you slander anyone without proper proof, that person has the right to retaliate. Perhaps you missed it in the video but Singaporeans value the freedom to walk around anywhere we want at anytime of the day without FEAR over the things you westerners consider "freedom". 😂
@@Andrew-df1dr i see that you and the rest are just jealous of Singapore and us local Singaporeans that you have so much untrue things to say about my country which is not true but thanks so much for being sooo jealous it makes me more proud of my home country Singapore and to walked with my heads held high with pride each time when i am on a holiday!!
It's obvious and pathetic that you are a person who won't and will not obey to strict laws and regulations. Whatever no sense crap that comes from your dirt mouth i am not bothered you just gave me the opportunity to tell you off 🤣🤣🤣🥂
I am a born and raised local Singaporean, i sing my national anthem with pride and i hold my national flag with dignity neither will i give up my citizenship nor this powerful passport which i am holding proudly. Majula Singapura!! ❤️❤️❤️🤍🤍🤍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
My 2 cent worth of advise stay where you are and be forever "happy" there and stop talking crap bout my country.
You have a issue with yourself go fix this so called problem of yours. Period. Plain jealous 🤣🤣🤣
Respect for governments which are willing to make the right decisions, even if they are tough and unpopular...
Many governments do not support death penalty because they are okay as long as blood is not on their hands. If left alone, murderers and drug traffickers destroy lives and communities. Refusing to do anything about these problems is just pathetic.
As a Singaporean woman, I would agree with dr. DB that I can walk freely (or even go for a run past midnight) and feel safe doing so. but yes, not every country would be better off with capital punishment. So you do what’s best your your people :)
Right on fellow Singaporean!
There was a case in Norway. 3 Syrian brothers were accused of gang rape of a 12 year old girl. They were held in remand for 2 years.
During the case. Their defence was that they did not believe it was illegal.
They were acquited and paid compensation by the government for wrongful confinment.
This is the country travelling the world pointing fingers at Asia for lack of human rights.
They cant even look after their own children.
@@indian2003 Wait seriously? 2 years? in singapore you get 20 for that plus canning
@@Guyontheinternet_ Yes it happened. They did not even get jail time but paid hundreds of thousands for wrongfull remand.
In Singapore it would have been 20 years plus 24 strokes. In another case an Afghan rapist got a suspended sentence because the victims dress was too short and she was drunk.
@@Guyontheinternet_not really. I wish there are stricter laws for RAPE of adult women and kids, not only kids.
Some of the Singapore sentences for RAPE are a joke. USA sentences them to many life sentences.
TH-cam be like lemme recommend this from 4 years back
Same here
7 here
I can say with certainty, that my foreign friends reacted with shock that we can leave our bags/laptops on the table of a hawker centre at peak periods to look for food, ad that it won't disappear when I come back. My girlfriend and his mother can walk out into the streets at 2am in the morning to look for supper without being afraid for their safety. Only criminals, rapists, and kidnappers hate the law.....but these laws protected the well-mannered and law abiding majority of the common citizens and residents
that sounds like brunei, no serious crime. its as a result of 90 percent subsidy on fuel, food essentials, water, electricity .. but unfortunately the costs for internet is 500 percent higher.
@@azymighthh6835 Totally different. The lack of crime is Singapore is not due to high welfare.
On the contrary, the accountability that Singapore places on its individuals for their own livelihood and behaviour is easily amongst the top in the world.
your girlfriend and HIS mother?🤨🤨
@Cheng-Tso Hsieh However the more efficient way to reduce crime is by authoritarian means, and that showcase of power will help more if the population had a rooted culture of obeying the rules. What I'm trying to say is that both ruling method (democratic and non ones) aren't in an impossible position to prevent crime, but the realization to comply itself must come from the people in general too, doubling the effect.
@@work90 HAHAHAHAHAH I DIDNT EVEN REALISED THAT
To add on the Minister`s address , Singapore places significant focus on rehabilitation to help ex convicts to adjust and fit into society. The Singapore Prison Services has been a Harvard case study with the Yellow Ribbon Project.
This topic has been talked about to DEATH. As a Singaporean, I will NEVER support the sg government if they get rid of the death penalty. Deep down we support the death penalty fully because this country is so small, drug issues will destroy the country, so who are you to tell us what we can and cannot do when you don’t understand how things work here? Please just leave us alone.
Agree,small countries need strict laws for it to be run efficiently. This system has been proven to work so why remove it? Also it’s not like The SG government go out of their way to kill all drug related offence. it’s only those that traffics drugs
Yes, i believe that our strict laws has helped us while SG was a developing nation
This is why Singapore will never have real democracy, and will eventually just be annexed by China. Weak minded citizens who always obey what their dictators tell them with no critical thought or comparison based on evidence, whatsoever.
@@s0vhjfe4SA08adc9js asians dont answer to white people anymore
@@pinkpenzu what type of racist trash is this? The entire basis of Singapore was that the Chinese migrants didn't want to live under the Malays. For that matter, who do you think keeps Singapore from being annexed by any one of its neighbors or China at this very second? You're idea of racial liberation is so broken it's pathetic.
Wonderfully, soberly, so reasonably & respectfully said 👍👍🙏🙏🙏
And we have now Americans who think drug legalization is part of human rights and freedom of choice. Oh wait.. They can't even put a mask on in the name of freedom😂
If everyone talk about freedom, then why need laws for? Why need goverment?
Drug legalisation isn’t about human rights. It’s about tackling the issues related with addiction, drug related violence, the power of the black market, over crowding prisons, and ignorant rhetoric regarding drug abuse. Traditional brute force will fail you as it has traditionally failed generations before. Legalisation is another step to controlling the uncontrollable use and distribution of narcotics. It doesn’t mean the state wants you to get high.
If you think cannabis is a drug youre misinformed and mistaken, as there are largely only benefits to consumption of the herb, any demerits to smoking weed is identical to what you get if you inhale smoke into your lungs. As for synthetics such as heroin, cocaine, meth those are truly what the war on drugs is after.
@@Kiwippy Uh, marijuana is a drug.
That's not debatable, at all. It is an irrefutable fact and I have no idea how someone could unironically try to pretend otherwise. Your brain has been fried by drugs, apparently.
@@Archedgar Marijuana is labelled a drug first and foremost due to people abusing it for the high, and second because of politics, corporations, money. There is no case of death from overuse of it, and if we really talk about dangerous drugs, probably 90% of addictions are from prescription drugs as a 7 year old statistic said 85% of drug addictions were from prescription drugs therefore its only normal for this number to increase given easier access. By the same logic you use tobacco is a drug therefore all cigs are drugs.
Why is the rights of drug traffickers more important than the rights of the people?
Who says they are?
@@Andrew-df1drblud he's asking a rhetorical question
@@junwei8480 I am sure it was. Hence why I asked him one back. There is a silly misconception among death penalty supporters that people who oppose the death penalty support crimes and don't care for victims.
@@Andrew-df1dr 👍
Do you know why Singapore is so safe and rank among the top in safety standards in the world. Because we have responsible and morally right Minister like him around that make sure our society is in sound hand. Thank you Minister
Well, at least I can say with certainty, that I can leave my phone on the table of a hawker centre at peak periods to look for food, I know that it won't disappear when I come back . Can you say the same?
You, my friend, is the reason why people look down on Singaporeans with the quote,” Singapore, the first world country with third world citizens.”
@@daniely5260 care to explain?
@@daniely5260 Ooooo. Your comment only makes Singapore and Singaporeans stronger! Majullah Singapura!
@@daniely5260 even if so it's better to be a third world citizen in a first world country than a first world citizen in third world country.
First one we may be behind socially but our country provide us with our every need.
While the other is so arrogant that they will not fix a country that is burning down.
which hawker centre u go? i go pick it up for u ;)
I value the strict laws in Singapore regarding murder, drug trafficking, human trafficking,and gun ban by civilians. It had made Singapore so safe. Our children can travel to schools on their own safely. Police policies are fair.No discrimination against some races.
regardless of if they’re traffickers or addicts at the end of the day if its between consenting adults dealing drugs and it is peaceful it isn’t really any body elses business especially with marajuana if someone is starting a fight with someone are they drunk or are they stoned?
Singapore is doing something rightfully.
To genuinely protect life, there must be a legitimate threat to one's life if one chooses to severely harm another. Hence, I would argue that proponents of the death penalty are actually more pro-life than the rest.
Its also used as deterrence
Exactly, it's a matter of strict justice.
@@sweet813one There is no evidence that it works as a deterrance.
@@Andrew-df1dr in nature all living things will adapt to ensure survival. By having a death sentence for drug trafficking, drug trafficker will adapt themselves ( staying away from country that impose death penalty on drug trafficking) and target other countries without those law
@@Andrew-df1dr Well it is true that effective detection of crime is important but so is the severity, it is not solely one or the other. If the punishment was so mild I would be let go then we would have New York and California. Singapore gets it right.
knowing that drug trafficking is death in singapore , ppl are welcome to try their luck .
Anyone else clicked on this video after wrongly read he is the one on the death penalty row, or is it just me?
ya, shocked me for a moment lmao
Me too
Same here lmao
if read in Singlish, he die, if in english, he talking
Singapore don't have to answer to anyone on this.
The good Minister put forward his case not as an argument but as a contribution to the understanding of the painful issue of the death penalty with so much respect for the other nations' diverse views and practices, and get across Singapore's stand so succinctly and making it clear that he is not preaching to others how they should view the death penalty, is so elegantly put forward. He has my deep respect.
Agree. I can leave my house door open, even if in a remote 0.00001% chance a burglar comes in, I'll not even bother to stop him. In 5-10 mins he will be in handcuffs
I see your point, but no need to exaggerate la lol
source: Singaporean
Well apparently i got the 0.00001% chance haha
DRUGS destroys lives, increases crimes.
Well stated by the Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs.Singapore is the most safest Nation in the world.God bless Singapore and the leaders.
Thank you Dr Vivian, for your time. we understand there is nothing debatable, but this topic is unavoidable since it's already on 'our' agenda for a good long time. let's chop chop and plan for our happy hour.
I'm from Mexico and have seen for decades what happens when government is soft on drugs. Do NOT make the same mistake as us.
Do what Singapore is doing , which is what every nation should do and the results speak for themselves.
Would I risk 10 years in a Singapore prison for 200k...maybe. Would I risk death for 200k....nope. There...there is your explanation.
Exactly. It might not deter all if they're desperate enough but even if the law deterred one is also considered effective already!
Singapore is SUPER safe country!!!!!!!!! Keep up the great job Singapore 🇸🇬!!!!!!!
I agree with the Singaporean Foreign ministers position.
Don’t do the crime, Don’t do Time ! Many thx Singapore 🇸🇬
Western worlds are too proud of their own cultures by overlooked these types of things. Maybe start learning from developed Asian countries and see how well they govern and the citizen are civilized (a “dream” that westerners sought for)
Kudos to Singapore…
Dr. Vivian no doubt is Singapore most calm...talented...polite...convincing speaker I came across...God bless Singapore and Dr. Vivian...Amen😊
We're doing it right. Keep up the great work.
The death penalties should remains as it is. Drugs are a nuisance in Singapore for so many years. I remembered even kids as young as 12 years old have easy access to drugs then because they were everywhere. I knew because my next door neighbour then ( when I was a kid in the 80s) was a drug pushers and I saw people of different creeds, ages and backgrounds knocked on my neighbour's door to buy drugs like they bought sweets at a Mamak store!
halifi sarif what eventuality happened to him?
This is so interesting! Thanks for sharing. I've only heard from an acquaintance (about 15 years ago) that clubs were where drugs are often distributed.
For possession of 500 or more grams of cannabis there is a mandatory death penalty.
The Singaporean minister is too nice. I would have just replied "speak to me again when your country's crime rate is lower than mine".
I love Singaporean politicians! And I am not from Singapore!
Avraam Avraamidis you're an idiot
Shehbaaz Jahangir Maybe you are.
Avraam.
You are not from Singapore and you love them.
Well, I am from there and I do not love them and their political games.
Singapore should have creased to be a democracy from the late 40's.
Come to singapore and be a citizen. Just said yes you will be one
@@dissidentwolverine since when is Singapore a democracy in the 40s. Singapore is just a colony then.
Thank God I live in Singapore
Thank God I don't.
Death penalty for drugs and murder ........saves lives .....well done Singapore!!!
Well spoken. Given his kevel of competence, we must give credit to the team that wrote his speech. Singapore has done well because the 1st generation of leadera had great vision and worked tirelessly for the good of the nation. Singapore today lacks such leadership but continue to do reasonably well be continuing the practices set by the old leadership.
I agree with the fact that human beings shouldn't judge another for their crimes to humanity.
God will judge them.
Our role is to send them to God as soon as possible.
Kudos to Singapore 👍
By "sending them to god" you are casting judgement... You just want excuses to kill people.
Without adding the other statistics of ruinous effects on lives, hopes and futures of those killed or consequential victims of drug-related offences, the countries that 'fight for human life or human rights' simply forget the ones who are victims. Our FM succinctly pointed it is in limited circumstances and that the death penalty is a statute in Singapore for major heinous crimes to humanity. He's also stated that no nation can glorify its termination of human life without clear judicial process with an independent, fair, untainted judiciary system. Societies of the west subscribed to justice and human rights yet, it deliberately blindsides the victims such that offenders are owed rights to live when evidence proves the act/s, intentions, and deeds, are to destroy other people? That's plain bigotry.
How can these countries be ignorant or even justify the human rights of the offenders or drug traffickers, who knowingly, with meditated and selfish intention of gains to wealth, is willing to transport, smuggle (an act that is conspired to cheat or violate ) dangerous drugs, that will potentially destroy many many lives in varying degrees. This potential, is where the right of the offenders ceases to have equal grounding. The waiver of the offenders' rights are fully justified. I don't think it needs a debate of human rights, to justify one still having rights to destroy others, is a travesty of justice. Proponents of such thinking must be incredulously stupid or downright narcissistic.
Singapore has no natural resources, it needs to be astutely aware of the mores of corruption and liberalistic ideals to collide into our social environments and wreck lives, for that fact anywhere, its people will have serious consequences if there's inadequate compunction to deal with the menace addressed.
Global citizens don't care about human rights, they only believe in self justification so everybody else' life is not and never as important as theirs, especially if it becomes contentious with the law, it evicts itself, self qualifying that his life is equally paramount?
But then he is allowed, condoned and lightly banished for misdeeds? So, who's life is important and sacred, I submit it is I.
I am a Singapore citizen and I trust my government, not any of that liberalistic humbug.
Common ground, diversity, local position, cost-benefit analysis, acceptance by majority, rule-of-law, ecosystem, statistics-based evidence, indirect consequences, promotion of well-tested policy, implementation and legal system.
Yet the mandate got weaker at 61percent.
0.2% homicide rate. This is how you fight crime, in the movies it's Superman or Batman. In reality it's maximum punishment for those who dare to kill and deal in drugs. That's how you fight powerful drug cartels trying to export their goods, that's how you deal with killers by having them forfeit their own lives.
Capital punishment is the hand of justice that deals with life's imperfections, by erasing them. People are forewarned and properly tried. There is no excuse.
Is that why Texas, the capital of the death penalty, has one of the highest murder rates in the world??? Take one country and call it evidence, this is why you don't have real democracy, too busy listening to propaganda to do any further research.,
@@s0vhjfe4SA08adc9js If all convicted murderers and drug dealers are given harsher and harsher penalties and eventually there's a very high certainty of execution, I bet you the crime rate will drop. If that deterrent is insufficient, you have basically lost the war against crime. Enjoy burning tax payers money to keep them in a cell room to be let back out eventually into society. "Research" shows America isn't actually tough on crime at all, and has lost gun control as well.
@@joseki6644 you can "bet" on lies issued though your garbage government's propaganda all you want. If you want the truth, simply compare US states with the death penalty and those without. States with the death penalty have higher murder rates, period, so you are wrong and your government is filled with liars. Check the data for yourself.
@@s0vhjfe4SA08adc9js Firstly you don't know who my government is. Secondly, show me the actual sociological connection that the death penalty is the explanation for murder rates. Demonstrate that the risk of execution is what incites more crimes 🤦🤣
Damn smooth brain there, belongs in a jar.
@Chris Jovy Robberies are planned and pre meditated, often targeted. I don't believe for a second that the average home owner can respond as prepared, locked and loaded even if they do own a firearm to appropriately deal with intruders, especially more than one and when the home owner has family or kids. Keeping the death penalty is a good deterrent still. The determination then is murder vs manslaughter.
Good job, Singapore!❤❤❤🇸🇬
am i the only one who read that as "a singaporean foreign minister is set to be on the death penalty"....?
Same😭🤣
Well done Singapore!
Why should people worry about death penalty? if you are a law abiding citizen? A tougher law will make a person think twice before they commit crime
Anyone, any country, any organisation and any government who propose to remove the death penalty for drug offenders must be closely linked with drug suppliers.
Imagine arguing that Criminals are more important than and have more rights than their victims and the law-abiding citizens the government is meant to protect. Imagine arguing that a murderer or drug lord who destroys thousands or millions of lives yearly should be protected and then have the citzens have to pay taxes to keep them alive and fed. Imagine endagering the law-abiding citzens the government is meant to protect by allowing murderers and drug lords to serve their time and go right back to committing those crimes again once they get out of prison. Moral posturing and virtue signalling. That's all it is.
When a drug pusher is greedy about $$$, and has disregarded other lives...which means the drug pusher has prioritised $$$ over other people’s lives....why we should pardon the drug pushers’ lives....I support death penalty on drug pushers... So here’s a question to all human rights activists: “ shouldn’t y’all ask the drug pushers, instead?” Ask the drug pushers “ why they choose $$$, over human rights to live? Dun they have any regards over other people’s lives?”
@Mohith Kanna exactly, you should go convince your government to allow that and when you done convincing your country to let drugs flow freely only than you come convince us.
drug distributors do care about people's lives, if their customers die, who else will buy from them?
Don't* idiot
@@lycan2494 now that is not a profitable business model won't it. if cocacola killed off their customers, then no one will buy the product, then there is no business. as your name indicated, you are too innocent.
@Mohith Kanna do not over simplify the problem. Buying a iPhone does not have negative influence and consequence on other. But selling/pushing drug does. Are u sure that those drug pushers hand are clean and not responsible for the drug user and the downstream suffering.
I see that Norway was seated beside the Singapore Foreign Minister. Norway the country that awards the peace prize was the country that sent war planes over Libya dropping 598 bombs on muslim civilians, women and children.
They even did the world a 'favour' by bombing a home for kids with Downs Syndrome killing everybody inside. The Western media was quiet.
The then Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was awarded the post as Nato chief after that. He said then that the Norwegian pilots got much needed training(to kill women and children?)
i dun think e Norwegians conducted any bombing raids
Singapore and one third of China's population were addicted to opium grown on British Opium Plantations in India. You have to realize the loss of income and productivity by the British addicting one third of China's and Singapores populations destroyed their economies and the tight knit social structures of Asian culture and families. The British did it to control Asian nations and sap their economies and that's why the death penalty is common through out Aisia for dealers. After China tried to stop British opium use the British invaded and seized Hong Kong by military force and to this very day the British Royal Family is still selling drugs and ruining peoples lives.
Other foreigner delegates got much to learn from this man.
you think they in their heart dont know this,? but west as i am from have a gift not to admit...
Live a simple life, nvr commit a crime and if you’re troubled always seek medical help ASAP
If the drug trafficker has no regard for the lives that he/she will ruin, why should we have a regard for his/hers? #hardtruth
But what about fast food, sugar, cigarettes, alcohol, pollution, etc, etc?
To answer your question and mine - its because there is a demand - if the source of this demand is addressed (which seems impossible to me right now), then there will always be a demand for drugs - and when there is a demand for it, there will be someone who is willing to supply it, whether you kill 1 trafficker or a million, unless ofcourse you want to start torturing people to act as a bigger deterrent - in which case if we want to go that far with sovreignty, then why do we look down on terrorists for practicing their sovreignty in their land? Who would we be to talk?
@@thehauntedstream7206 are these things as addictive as drugs are? Fucked up logic bruh
Just make sure you have solid evidence before you kill someone
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Well said Sir,this is a good law and order to protect the peoples and to safeguard our country.
If UN or any country has a better outcome in controlling drug problems and murder than it is qualified to tell other country what to do otherwise be humble and learn from states that can achieved better result. In short, shut up and listen to countries with better success.
Scandinavian countries don't execute people. They rehabilitate people.
@@Andrew-df1dr good for them.. but please don't impose scandinavian ideology on others... Others can be as successful too with other metode..
@@delepeno9636 by killing another human being? You call that a valid alternative?
@@m4rs12 if they deserve it?? Anyone who has done gruesome crime need to be dealt with justice... Such crime can do great harm to society.. Come on... Dont always think from the criminal point of view, for once think from the victims point of view..
@@delepeno9636 and I thought we've evolved out of 'eye for eye' punishment concept
Looking at the dumpster fire the west is......don't tell SG what to do lah.
Mind your own business! This is my Singapore!
My respect for Singapore after hearing about them giving drug traffickers the death penalty. 📈📈📈
There is no necessity to review the death penalty in Singapore. This penalty MUST always be applied to : - 1. Murderers. 2. Drug traffickers.
For those unaware, Singapore still impose "Caning" for some offences en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_in_Singapore 😁
And I fully support it. I swear if PAP thinks of abolishing the death penalty and the caning I will vote against them. I am serious.
@@wisteriang9491 definitely agree with you here. Even with these laws in place, people still do take the chance to smuggle drugs into our country, imagine if capital punishment were to be abolished...
@@wisteriang9491 that's why their in power for so long. People support their policies. Foreigners should just look at their terribly governed country and not be a busybody
@@stevechen8085 PAP is in power, largely due to their good policies, governance and constantly providing and making Singapore a better place to live in for all.
Death Penalty should stand.
Human right is for all human. Those human that do inhumans action like eg. Murderers, will have no right to be protected by human right.
That’s a contradiction
No.....country has the right to impose their own law .. onto others country... you should respect other countries law. The western countries all ways telling other countries how to RUNNING thier country..... Singapore is most safe country in the planet. Keep you country free of drug free Singapore.
Oh fuck off with that logic. Who do I get to kill if my uncle gets executed for drugs in Singapore? East Asian countries are the fucking worst for this type of thing. This is the 21st century stop tearing families apart just so you can brag about a "drug free" and "safe" country. Vlad the Impaler's domain was pretty safe too. You cannot rule by fear and call yourself a good country.
@@alexxa5584 you won't be executed in Singapore if you don't do drugs there, just follow the laws in whatever country you are traveling to
@@HWDragonborn
"Just follow the law" isnt the point. The attitude in Singapore and my old country and that whole region of SE Asia is fundamentally broken this day and age.
Singapore isn't drug free, there are still people with drugs, death penalty for drug trafficking doesn't mean no drugs.
@@alexxa5584 what do you do if ur uncle gets executed for drugs here in Singapore? Cry, cause thats really all you can do, if your uncle dares to do drugs here, then he deserves to be executed, no one here will feel sad for him. Same goes to you if you are thinking about doing drugs here. Please dont think that citizens here cant make judgements for themselves, we have the highest average iq in the entire world, and vast majority of us are in favour of the death penalty. Not happy with it? Nothing you can do.
We Singaporean support our government decision. As our government made all considerations and what protects the bigger good for society and community.
leave a smuggler, a manufacterer alive, they create an addict. create an addict, and an entire family built with love and trust is destroyed.
Drastic oversimplification. Thats not how drugs, drug trafficking, nor addiction works.
At all cost Singapore Must keep such Evil Forces away.
How hard is it for people to understand that you do not bring illegal drugs to countries like Singapore, or Thailand? Just dont do it, you know what will happen. You cannot possibly have missed this, if you are in that sort of business, or otherwise. It is their country, they can do as they want.
I agree with Singapore. The death penalty is necessary. Corporal punishment is a great detterant against crime. In SA we have the highest crime rate. When we had the death penalty and corporal punishment we had the lowest crime rate. The numbers speak for themselves.
Australia should follow Singapore
Tbh Western ideals of "every life is sacred" is the most hypocritical and naive statement i've ever heard.
I've lived in Singapore most of my life and moved to the US for work. Barely half a year in the US, I've seen the worst of the Fentanyl crisis. I've already encountered junkies passed out in public bathrooms and homeless junky slums where they gather in tents at public parks to get high together, and crime in these neighbourhoods are just sky high. The 15+ years I lived in Singapore, I've met 0 junkies, ZERO. No fentanyl crisis, no homeless slums, NONE
So tell me again how the death penalty doesn't work.
Wonder how many of these activists would still be shouting when they see their own children die from drugs
True Bruhh these "activists" are drug abusers themselves i guess ,they don't care about how many lives ruin and victim who dies because of drugs.
Agreed, that death penalty should be imposed to those drug trafficking and murders
Look into drug use it’s a freedom to put what you want into your body.
@@duffydope agreed but yet they failed to control thier addict and they always suffer others when they cant control thier addiction
@@duffydope Sure, just don't do it in Singapore.
When you are in someone else's home, you obey their rules. If not..... well..... en paz descanses.
I will accepy an autocrat with a philosophical mindset than politicians who fight for powers every couple of years just to stay in power.
US picking on that 1 policy from other countries' policies when they have 10 problems in their own country
Everyone has a lot to learn. His speech is definitely very meaningful and impactful
there is a difference between wanting death upon the evil and setting death on those that made evil. firstly, we don't get to make the decision, the ones at the top who sees it all do. second, there is always a choice no matter how desperate you are.
who is on top
All humans have the rights of life, liberty, and property. But we can surrender our liberty and property through our own actions such as in crime. As such, it follows that we can also surrender our right to life by our end action as well.
The ang moh countries love to champion for human rights and stir **** in other countries. Death penalty for serious drug offences is appropriate given the massive harm that these drugs deal to the victims and their families.
I agree
Agree. They cannot handle their own shit still dare come & question SG (safest country in the world) law.
Jokers la these people.
Remember that time when some angmoh got caught here, and their govt asked for their return? You commit a crime at another country, the law of that country applies.
I know right, marijuana is the devils lettuce and it is so much worse than alcohol and cigarettes, let alone ecigs and shisha. Ppl should die for marijuana. /s
Shit
I hope it apply all over the world. True justice.
No
Yes
Before this committee that represents UN .ask themselves whats they respect country how they deal with drugs and the safety in their countries.
No drug no penalty
Well stated Minister.
No mercy for the drug dealers. Only justice.
Government provided the people a very safe environment from crimes, drugs and terrorists and that's Singapore. We respect the rule of law and trust the justice system in Singapore.
As a Singaporean, i am one of the strong Supporter for Capital Punishment.