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Yong’s Story

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Resource contributed by: Kirsten Han

Lianain Films for Al Jazeera, Yong’s Story, 2010, 23 min.

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/witness/2011/1/26/yongs-story/

“The case of a young Malaysian convicted for drug trafficking tests Singapore’s capital punishment laws.

In Singapore anyone caught with more than 15 grams of heroin faces a mandatory death penalty. No extenuating circumstances can be taken into account by the legal system and this, argues the UN special rapporteur, is a violation of human rights.

Now, the conviction of one young Malaysian man, Yong Vui Kong, sentenced to death after being found guilty of heroin trafficking, is forcing Singaporean courts to re-examine the law. Madasamy Ravi, Yong’s lawyer, is fighting to make legal history as he takes Yong’s story to the Court of Appeal.

Already his client’s death has been postponed twice. Meanwhile Yong’s brother, Yun Leong, is preparing the family for the possibility that Yong will hang. As Yong languished on death row in Singapore’s notorious Changi Prison, filmmakers Lynn Lee and James Leong spent time with his family and legal team, watching the unfolding case of Yong Vui Kong.”