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TOC Editorial: Media’s silence on Yong Vui Kong a national shame
Jun. 16 | The following article was published here on TOC on 5 December 2009. We highlight it again as the points raised in it are pertinent and relevant still – 6 months after the article was first written. Choo Zheng Xi/Editor-at-Large Yong Vui Kong’s...
Do NUS law students support the mandatory death penalty?
Feb. 4 | The Online Citizen asks students from the National University of Singapore Law faculty if they support the mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking.
Constitutionality more important than finality
Jan. 6 | In our view the public interest in having finality in court proceedings could not possibly outweigh the public interest in determining whether or not the mandatory death sentence was constitutional under the Constitution. Chief Justice Chan Kek Seong,...
Why I support the death penalty and a second chance for Yong Vui Kong
Jan. 4 | Letter from Mr Marcus Lee to The Online Citizen on the death penalty issue. Dear TOC, You might be wondering why I am writing about Mr Yong Vui Kong’s death sentence more than 2 weeks after the impassioned online discussion on TOC over this issue. It...
Yong Vui Kong given opportunity to appeal
Dec. 9 | Exclusive coverage: Starting from today (9 Dec), The Online Citizen will have exclusive coverage the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) which is being held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The reports are by members of ECO Singapore, writing exclusively...
M Ravi speaks on death penalty
Dec. 8 | The Singapore Democratic Party speaks to Mr M Ravi, human rights lawyer, who has been involved in defending persons on death row for more than five years now. Mr Ravi is currently representing Mr Yong Vui Kong, a 21-year old Malaysian sentenced to hang...
Vui Kong, we care – a day for compassion
Dec. 7 | Story of a boy Read it on TOC Facebook page. Vui Kong’s story from Lianain Films on Vimeo.
Calling for an end to the mandatory death penalty
Dec. 7 | Story of a boy Read it on TOC Facebook page. Let Yong Vui Kong be rehabilitated under the Yellow Ribbon Project Monday, 7 December 2009 The NOT IN OUR NAME: NO TO THE DEATH PENALTY campaign welcomes the encouraging decision by the High Court to grant...
Yong Vui Kong meets his mother in jail
Dec. 5 | Yong was allowed to see his mother through a glass panel on Wednesday. Upon seeing his mother, Yong knelt down and bow to her three times. Rachel Zeng
President rejects clemency petition for Yong Vui Kong
Nov. 27 | Andrew Loh Yong Vui Kong’s death sentence “should stand”, the Principal Private Secretary (PPS) to President Nathan said in a letter from the Istana. In a one-sentence response to the petition for clemency for Yong, which was sent to the President...
