Drug Traffickers' Deaths: Criticisms of Laws not All Fair

Alternative Title

Drug Offences Legislation is not All Fair

Author

S. Chandra MOHAN, Singapore Management UniversityFollow

Publication Type

News Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

5-2015

Abstract

This is a comment on the western media frenzy over the executions of eight drug traffickers in Indonesia. The commentary looks at whether the anguish over the executions following a conviction and appeals to higher courts in accordance with Indonesian law, apart fromn the loss of life,was well placed.

Keywords

Drug laws, Indonesian enforcement, drug traffickers, foreign drug traffickers, capital punishment

Discipline

Asian Studies | Criminal Law

Publication

Straits Times

ISSN

1692-9344

Publisher

Singapore Press holdings

Citation

MOHAN, S. Chandra. Drug Traffickers' Deaths: Criticisms of Laws not All Fair. (2015). Straits Times.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1731

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