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Date: 01 December 2005 21:29:48
About now, a Mass is being held at Van Nguyen's school parish of St Ignatius, Melbourne At 9:00am AEDST (22:00 GMT), the time he will be hanged, the bells will sound 25 times: once for each year of Van Nguyen's life.
For those out of Australia and Singapore, Van Nguyen was was arrested at Changi Airport with 396.2 grams of heroin strapped to his body. His botched smuggling run was meant to generate cash to pay the debts of his drug-addicted twin.
I'm not one for the death penalty in any situation: I'll say that so you know where I'm coming from. But I can't see how this deserves the death penalty -- given the crime and the circumstances.
Rest eternal, grant to him O Lord; and may light perpetual shine upon him.