Pubdate: Wed, 11 May 2005
Source: Northern Territory News (Australia)
Copyright: 2005 Northern Territory News
Contact:  http://ntnews.news.com.au/
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NOOSE TODAY FOR DRUG MAN

SINGAPORE: Singapore will hang an ethnic Tamil man today for trafficking 
1kg of cannabis.

This is despite a rare public plea by his teenage sons to stop the 
execution, a human rights group said.

After 38-year-old Shanmugam Murugesu lost an appeal to escape the gallows 
in January, his twin sons, aged 14, took to Singapore's streets, handing 
out flyers urging the execution to be stopped.

Singapore has tough cannabis laws.
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MAP posted-by: Elizabeth Wehrman