So, a Melbourne man is on death row in Singapore. Nguyen Tuong Van, a 25 year old Australian was caught with 400 grams of heroin, from Cambodia, en-route to Australia, via Singapore. He did it for interesting means: paying of his twin brothers debts.
Via The Star:
“There can be a consumer strike — that is Australians can decide not to purchase products made in Singapore or services offered by the Singaporean government,” human rights lawyer Tim Robertson told Australian Broadcasting Corp. television.
“Most of the major companies in Singapore are in fact owned directly or indirectly by the government there.”
What does that mean to folk in Australia? Do you want to stop using all your Optus services (including cable Internet, telephone, mobile prepaid and contract phones, etc.)? Does this mean that Singapore Airlines can’t own Qantas?
Little do we know it, that in Australia, we depend on a lot of Singaporean investment, it would seem.
