Australian drug trafficker to be executed in Singapore tomorrow
{{date|December  1, 2005}}

Convicted Australian drug trafficker [[w:Nguyen Tuong Van|Van Nguyen]] will be executed at Singapore's [[w:Changi Prison|Changi prison]] tomorrow at 6:00am SGT (8:00pm tonight UTC, 9:00am AEST). Nguyen was caught with 396.2 grams of [[w:Heroin|heroin]], more than 25 times the amount that mandates a death sentence.

Following an appeal to the Prime Minister of Singapore, [[w:Lee Hsien Loong|Lee Hsien Loong]] by Australian Prime Minister [[w:John Howard|John Howard]], Nguyen was able to hold hands with his mother and brother as he said goodbye for the last time. 

Supporters will hold a vigil outside the prison before his death.

On December 2, [[w:Nguyen Tuong Van|Nguyen]] will be handcuffed and taken to the [[w:Gallows|gallows]] in Singapore's [[w:Changi Prison|Changi Prison]] to be hanged for drug trafficking.

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Convicted Australian drug trafficker Van Nguyen will be executed at Singapore's Changi prison tomorrow at 6:00am SGT (8:00pm tonight UTC, 9:00am AEST). Nguyen was caught with 396.2 grams of heroin, more than 25 times the amount that mandates a death sentence.

Following an appeal to the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong by Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Nguyen was able to hold hands with his mother and brother as he said goodbye for the last time. 

Supporters will hold a vigil outside the prison before his death.

On December 2, Nguyen will be handcuffed and taken to the gallows in Singapore's Changi Prison to be hanged for drug trafficking.


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