I think it is brutal but is successful as a deterrent
I cannot say death penalty is not harsh and it may also not be fair as we are taking a life .....but Branson should show us how UK has contained its drug problem without the death penalty.
If you have a kinder way to do it ...that is your best argument.
Would Richard Branson dare to bring cannabis or heroin into Singapore? If he dares to do it, I will agree death sentence is not a deterrent.
Richard has any reputation ?
Gosh!
This guy promoted drug abuse to the world including his own son.
Same as the British exporting opium to China.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, involved in such ventures as selling space travel to the affluent, is now pushing for people to have the freedom to get high here on Earth without risking going to jail.
Entrepreneur Richard Branson arrives as a guest for "Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World" gala in New York.
The British billionaire argues criminal punishment fails to stem drug abuse, and is calling on countries to decriminalize drug use and eliminate criminal penalties on narcotics consumers or even consider legalizing drugs.
Shanmugam had offered to debate with him on our death penalty for drug offenders which he got no balls to take the challenge. He should just F...k off and stop stirring shit with social media which is very typical of slimy and hypocritic British.
He should mind his own country's business lah!
Sg dun need his lecture!
We are no longer colony and he offer
no solution.
As a one dot country, we cannot afford
to be drug-ridden. If zombie walking and
murder become daily news, jobs will taken
by foreigners, Sg can close shop soon.