It's so scary that someone could be killed for carrying pot. Bloody hell, everyone in Australia knows the penalty for drugs in that area. You would have to be bloody stupid to even chance it.
Remember Brian Chambers and Kevin Barlow who were hanged on July 07, 1986 for alleged drug-trafficking of 141.9 grams of heroin.
Ok i was 14 at the time but i still knew their names to look them up. I still don't know how much the Aussie govn. put pressure on, but not enough it seems. The furore has probably healed by now.
I hope we have enough sway to stop them doing this.
THis is from
http://www.angelfire.com/stars/dorin...wchambers.html
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The then Australian Prime Minister, Robert Hawke, made an eleventh-hour plea for a stay of execution on behalf of the two Australians. The supreme court rejected their appeals. But Mr Hawke caused a diplomatic furore that has never healed, when he labelled Malaysians as, "barbarians" for carrying out the executions.
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