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[Link] Richard Branson Wants Singapore To Spare a Prisoner's Life. We Asked Him Why.
Read: 23/1/2022 www.vice.com
In an interview with VICE World News, the billionaire anti-death penalty activist highlighted the case of an intellectually disabled man sitting on death row. It was through international headlines that Richard Branson learned about an especially disturbing death penalty case unfolding in Singapore.
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[Link] Homeless Man Sentenced to 7 Weeks in Jail for Not Staying at Home
Read: 6/12/2021 www.vice.com
Singaporean national Rozman Abdul Rahman was arrested in March last year for breaking a rule requiring him to stay at home after he returned to Singapore from Batam, Indonesia.
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[Link] Intellectually Disabled Man Spared Imminent Execution After Catching COVID
Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com
In a twist few saw coming, Singapore’s highest court has delayed the execution of an intellectually disabled man convicted of drug trafficking after he was found to have tested positive for COVID-19.
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[Link] A Country That Bans Vaping Just Busted $2 Million Worth of Products
Read: 25/10/2021 www.vice.com
Acting on a tip-off, officers from the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) inspected an industrial storage facility located north, towards the border with Malaysia. They discovered 10,057 vapes, 48,822 e-vaporiser components, and large quantities of vape juice.
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[Link] Man Jailed for ‘Depraved’ Sexual Torture of Girlfriend While Cousin Watched
Read: 5/10/2021 www.vice.com
The 32-year-old man had assaulted his girlfriend and forcibly inserted a marker and a battery into the woman’s body, a Singapore court heard.
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[Link] Man who allegedly escaped hotel quarantine and went to SA pub arrested
Read: 18/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
An investigation has found flaws in South Australia's medi-hotel security protocols, which allowed an international arrival to leave hotel quarantine for eight hours and attend a nearby pub and fast food outlet last week.
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