APP.) INTRODUCTION. Yong is from the state of Sabah, Malaysia. Today, Singapore, 5 March 2015, p.26 Safeguards in place to ensure punishment is not brutal, say judges Caning not unconstitutional: Apex court Convicted drug trafficker Yong Vui Kong loses appeal after arguing punishment tantamount to torture. Parties :Yong Vui Kong — Public Prosecutor Criminal Law – Misuse of Drugs Act Constitutional Law – Fundamental liberties – Right to life and personal liberty Constitutional Law – Equal protection of the law 4 March 2015 Judgment reserved. Yong Vui Kong v Public Prosecutor (2015), 10. a more recen t Court of Appeal judgment on the constitutionality of the penal sentence of caning, sheds further light on this issue.

20 October 2015. Yong Vui Kong (lahir 23 Januari 1988) adalah warganegara Malaysia keturunan Hakka yang dijatuhkan hukuman mati di Singapura kerana mengedar lebih daripada 15 gram heroin pada tahun 2007. Citation: [2015] SGCA 11. It is my thesis that the courts have interpreted Art 9(1) narrowly due to the belief that it is not their By Yvonne Lim

Title: Yong Vui Kong v Public Prosecutor. The boy's mother. BY YVONNE MCDERMOTT* [March 4, 2015] Cite as 55 ILM 307 (2016) Introduction On March 4, 2015, Singapore’s Court of Appeal issued its judgment in YongVuiKongv.PublicProsecutor, uphold-ing the punishment of caning imposed on the defendant as constitutional. Personal life Edit. BY YVONNE MCDERMOTT*1 [March 4, 2015] +Cite as 55 ILM xx (2016)+ Introduction On March 4, 2015, Singapore’s Court of Appeal issued its judgment in Yong Vui Kong v. Public Prosecutor, upholding the punishment of caning imposed on the defendant as constitutional. His sentence was reduced to life imprisonment and caning as a result of Singapore's amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act.. CT. Yong Vui Kong v. Public Prosecutor was a seminal case decided in 2010 by the Court of Appeal of Singapore which, in response to a challenge by Yong Vui Kong, a convicted drug smuggler, held that the mandatory death penalty imposed by the Misuse of Drugs Act for certain drug trafficking offences does not infringe Articles 9 and 12 of the Constitution of Singapore.
Today, Singapore, 5 March 2015, p.26 Safeguards in place to ensure punishment is not brutal, say judges Caning not unconstitutional: Apex court Convicted drug trafficker Yong Vui Kong loses appeal after arguing punishment tantamount to torture. Yong Vui Kong (born 23 January 1988) is a Malaysian citizen of Hakka descent who was sentenced to death in Singapore for trafficking more than 15 grams of heroin in 2007. 0 .

His sentence was reduced to life imprisonment and caning as a result of Singapore's amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act.. Wish all the friends, brothers & sisters who celebrate the CNY a happy and healthy 2015 goat year. SINGAPORE.

Article 9 states: "No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty save in accordance with law." In 2007, at the impressionable age of 19, Yong was caught in possession of 47.27g of diamorphine (commonly known by its other name, heroin) near the Meritus Mandarin Hotel by Central Narcotics Bureau officers (hereafter referred to as “CNB”). APP.) [2015] 2 SLR 1158. CT. všečkov. Sundaresh Menon … Bộ phim kể về Kim Tae Hyun một bác sĩ thiên tài, người gánh món nợ không hề …

By Yvonne Lim
Yong Vui Kong (born 23 January 1988) is a Malaysian citizen of Hakka Chinese descent who was sentenced to death in Singapore for trafficking more than 15 grams of heroin in 2007. A Criminal Motion has been filed in the Court of Appeal today on behalf of Yong Vui Kong. The applicant sought to challenge that sentence (and the subsequent refusal to grant him clemency) in numerous unsuccessful constitutional challenges: Yong Vui Kong v AG [2011] 2 SLR 1189, CA; Yong Vui Kong v PP [2010] 3 SLR 489; Yong Vui Kong v PP [2012] 2 SLR 872, CA. Posted by Second Chances ⋅ December 14, 2015 ⋅ Leave a comment In light of Singapore’s upcoming Universal Periodic Review in January 2016, We Believe in Second Chances submitted our individual report in … 为杨伟光请命, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Personal life. The prominent case of Yong Vui Kong (hereafter referred to as “Yong”) needs no further introduction in the criminal law fraternity.