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Hanging ire

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I HAVE always been a fan of the Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his style of government, and Singapore has been my favourite city.

But after the execution of Flor Contemplacion, the Filipino maid, I now cringe at even the mention of Singapore.

The execution should have at least been delayed until the new evidence had been investigated.

I feel that whether Contemplacion committed the murders or not - and now there is some doubt she did - her lawyer was most unwise to try and plead 'guilty but insane' in a country like Singapore.

She certainly could not afford to hire the type of lawyer a well-known defendant in a current case in America has done.

Even though it cannot bring her back, if anyone can now prove that Flor Contemplacion was innocent of the crime it will shame Singapore even more and punish those responsible for her execution.

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