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{{Short description|25 year old Female Hong Kong drug trafficker executed in Singapore for heroin trafficking in 1994}}
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| name = Tong Ching Man
| name = Tong Ching Man
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| caption = Tong Ching Man
| caption = Tong Ching Man (唐清雯)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1970|10|01|df=y|}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1970|10|01|df=y|}}
| birth_place = [[Hong Kong]]
| birth_place = [[British Hong Kong]]
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| death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|1995|04|21|1970|01|01|df=y|}}}}
| death_place = [[Changi Prison]], [[Singapore]]
| death_place = [[Changi Prison]], [[Singapore]]
| nationality = Hongkonger
| nationality = Hong Konger
| occupation = Waitress
| occupation = Waitress
| conviction = [[Drug trafficking]]
| conviction = [[Drug trafficking]]
| conviction_penalty = [[Capital punishment|Death]]
| conviction_penalty = [[Capital punishment in Singapore|Death]]
| criminal_status = [[Executed]]
| criminal_status =
| death_cause = [[Hanging|Execution by hanging]]
}}
}}


'''Tong Ching Man''' (唐清雯;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/shinmin19950421-1.2.48|title=贩毒者死！ 5毒贩今早问吊 3香港人 1尼日利亚人 1本地人|website=Shin Min Daily|language=zh|date=21 April 1995 }}</ref> 1 October 1970 - 21 April 1995) was a Hong Kong national executed in Singapore for drug trafficking
'''Tong Ching Man''' (唐清雯;<ref name="贩毒者死！ 5毒贩今早问吊 3香港人 1尼日利亚人 1本地人">{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/shinmin19950421-1.2.48|title=贩毒者死！ 5毒贩今早问吊 3香港人 1尼日利亚人 1本地人|website=Shin Min Daily|language=zh|date=21 April 1995 }}</ref> 1 October 1970 – 21 April 1995) was a 25 year old female Hong Kong national executed in [[Singapore]] for drug trafficking.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Born in [[Hong Kong]] in 1970, Tong Ching Man has been described as coming from a broken family. Tong's mother left her father (who worked as a car parking attendant in [[Tsim Sha Tsui]]) and married another man, after which Tong went to live with her father, her new step-mother and two half-brothers in [[Hunghom]]. Tong dropped out of school aged 14 and was working as a waitress at the time of her arrest.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 January 1995|title=A cousin's despair for a prisoner|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/103361/cousins-despair-prisoner|newspaper=South China Morning Post}}</ref>
Born in [[Hong Kong]] in 1970, Tong Ching Man was working as a waitress at the time of her arrest.


==Arrest at Changi Airport==
==Arrest at Changi Airport==
On 15 December 1988, Tong and her boyfriend [[Lam Cheuk Wang]] (林灼荣)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/shinmin19950421-1.2.48|title=贩毒者死！ 5毒贩今早问吊 3香港人 1尼日利亚人 1本地人|website=Shin Min Daily|language=zh|date=21 April 1995 }}</ref> flew into [[Singapore]] from Hong Kong at 8:30pm and were due to catch a connecting [[Singapore Airlines]] flight to [[Brussels]] at 10pm that evening. They both wore large [[Down jacket|puffy jackets]] on top of their clothes, partly to protect against the cold winter weather of their final destination but mainly to disguise how bulky their torsos looked.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 December 1988 |title=HK teens nabbed with $5m in heroin |newspaper=The Straits Times |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19881217-1.2.12}}</ref>
On 15 December 1988, Tong and her 19-year-old boyfriend '''Lam Cheuk Wang''' (林灼宏)<ref name="贩毒者死！ 5毒贩今早问吊 3香港人 1尼日利亚人 1本地人"/> flew into Singapore's [[Changi Airport]] from Hong Kong at 8:30pm and were due to catch a connecting [[Singapore Airlines]] flight to [[Brussels]] at 10pm that evening. They both wore large [[Down jacket|puffy jackets]] on top of their clothes, partly to protect against the cold winter weather of their final destination but mainly to disguise how bulky their torsos looked.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 December 1988 |title=HK teens nabbed with $5m in heroin |newspaper=The Straits Times |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19881217-1.2.12}}</ref>


At 9:15pm, narcotics officers decided to mount a surprise check of the passengers boarding the flight to Brussels, and started searching people at random at the boarding gate.<ref name="eresources.nlb.gov.sg">{{Cite news |date=13 August 1993|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19930813-1.2.38.17 |title=HK couple goes on trial on capital drug charges |newspaper=The Straits Times}}</ref> Lam's restless behavior caught the attention of the officials and he was then [[frisking|frisked]]. Lam was found to have 24 bags containing a total of 2.5&nbsp;kg of a powder like substance, later determined to be [[heroin]], strapped to his body in a nylon vest.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 December 1988|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newpaper19881217-1.2.6.4 |title=Major haul may check trafficking via Singapore |newspaper=New Paper}}</ref> A one meter long blue rubber cloth had been wound round his torso and fastened with [[Hook-and-loop fastener|velcro]] in an effort to flatten the vest.
At 9:15pm, narcotics officers decided to mount a surprise check of the passengers boarding the flight to Brussels, and started searching people at random at the boarding gate.<ref name="eresources.nlb.gov.sg">{{Cite news |date=13 August 1993|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19930813-1.2.38.17 |title=HK couple goes on trial on capital drug charges |newspaper=The Straits Times}}</ref> Lam's restless behavior caught the attention of the officials and he was then [[frisking|frisked]]. Lam was found to have 24 bags containing a total of 2.5&nbsp;kg of a powder like substance, later determined to be [[heroin]], strapped to his body in a nylon vest.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 December 1988|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newpaper19881217-1.2.6.4 |title=Major haul may check trafficking via Singapore |newspaper=New Paper}}</ref> A one meter long blue rubber cloth had been wound round his torso and fastened with [[Hook-and-loop fastener|velcro]] in an effort to flatten the vest.
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Knowing from previous experience that drug couriers often worked in pairs, the officers decided to conduct a thorough search of all the other passengers queuing for the flight.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 December 1988|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19881217-1.2.12 |title=HK teens nabbed with $5m in heroin |newspaper=The Straits Times}}</ref> Tong was searched about 25 minutes later, and she was found to have 18 bags containing a total of 2.3&nbsp;kg of heroin strapped to her torso in a similar manner.
Knowing from previous experience that drug couriers often worked in pairs, the officers decided to conduct a thorough search of all the other passengers queuing for the flight.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 December 1988|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19881217-1.2.12 |title=HK teens nabbed with $5m in heroin |newspaper=The Straits Times}}</ref> Tong was searched about 25 minutes later, and she was found to have 18 bags containing a total of 2.3&nbsp;kg of heroin strapped to her torso in a similar manner.


On 15 December 1988, Tong and Lam were charged with trafficking a total of 4.8&nbsp;kg of heroin, worth an estimated $5 million, in Singapore.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 December 1988|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19881218-1.2.33.26 |title=HK teens on heroin charge |newspaper=The Straits Times}}</ref>
On 17 December 1988, Tong and Lam were charged with trafficking a total of 4.8&nbsp;kg of heroin, worth an estimated $5 million, into Singapore<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 December 1988|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19881218-1.2.33.26 |title=HK teens on heroin charge |newspaper=The Straits Times}}</ref> and both were then [[Pre-trial detention|remanded in custody]] to await trial.
[[File:CNB_reenactment_1988.jpg|thumb|right|Central Narcotics Bureau officers reenacting how Tong Ching Man and Lam Cheuk Wang had blocks of heroin strapped to their bodies in custom vests]]
[[File:CNB_reenactment_1988.jpg|thumb|right|[[Central Narcotics Bureau]] officers reenacting how Tong Ching Man and Lam Cheuk Wang had blocks of heroin strapped to their bodies in custom vests]]


==Trial==
==Trial==
The trial of Tong and Lam for trafficking a capital amount of narcotics began on 12 August 1993 at the [[High Court of Singapore]]. Although the authorities had directed both face a joint trial, Defence lawyers for Lam argued that they should have separate trials, due to the disparity in weight and purity of the heroin he was charged with smuggling compared to Tong (who was caught with the equivalent of almost a quarter of a [[kilogram]] more than Lam). However, the trial judge dismissed the application and ruled that both defendants should be tried jointly as originally planned.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/lhzb19930813-1.2.18.2|title=涉嫌身缠大量毒品机场转机遭搜身落网|website=Lianhe Zaobao|language=zh|date=13 August 1993}}</ref>
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On 12 August 1993, the Deputy Public Prosecutor Palaniappan Sundararaj outlined how Tong had 1.67&nbsp;kg and Lam had 1.46&nbsp;kg of pure heroin respectively when they were searched by officials at Changi Airport.<ref name="eresources.nlb.gov.sg"/> Lam's defence was he was asked to carry blocks of [[tranquillizers]] to [[Belgium]] in order to avoid paying custom duties, and would be paid a fee of HK$15,000 for doing so. He did not realize the flight had a stop over in Singapore, therefore there was no intent to actually import it. Despite Lam testifying that he first met her at [[Kai Tak airport]] just before they flew out, Tong stated that he was in fact her boyfriend, and in October 1988 he invited her to go on holiday with him to Belgium. At the airport in Hong Kong, he gave her a vest to put on, telling her the contents were not dangerous and they were only trying to evade taxes and import duties.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=20 August 1993|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19930820-1.2.38.9 |title=HK heroin couple get death sentence |newspaper=The Straits Times}}</ref>

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Deputy Public Prosecutor Palaniappan Sundararaj thereafter outlined how Tong had 1.67&nbsp;kg and Lam had 1.46&nbsp;kg of pure heroin respectively in their possession when they were searched by officials at Changi Airport.<ref name="eresources.nlb.gov.sg"/><ref>{{Cite news |date=12 August 1993|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/shinmin19930812-1.2.10.14.1 |title=两香港男女涉嫌贩卖500万海洛英 背心藏毒品 闯关被活捉 面对死刑审讯 |newspaper=Shin Min Daily News}}</ref> Lam's defence was he was asked to carry blocks of [[tranquillizers]] to [[Belgium]] in order to avoid paying custom duties, and would be paid a fee of HK$15,000 for doing so. He did not realize the flight had a stop over in Singapore, therefore there was no intent to actually import it. Despite Lam testifying that he first met her at [[Kai Tak airport]] just before they flew out, Tong stated that he was in fact her boyfriend, and in October 1988 he invited her to go on holiday with him to Belgium. At the airport in Hong Kong, he gave her a vest to put on, telling her the contents were not dangerous and they were only trying to evade taxes and import duties.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=20 August 1993|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19930820-1.2.38.9 |title=HK heroin couple get death sentence |newspaper=The Straits Times}}</ref>

The Prosecution countered that when Lam was [[interrogated]] by officers shortly after his arrest about the items strapped to his body, he replied it was "powder", which coupled with that fact he had seen before boarding the plane that the bags contained a substance that was white and lumpy indicated that he knew it was not tranquilizers. The Prosecution also dismissed Tong's claim of innocence by questioning why an 18 year old waitress from Hong Kong (who had never even applied for a [[passport]] before) would suddenly decide to go on a vacation to [[Belgium]] for only 3 days, whereas a more likely explanation pointed to her intentionally working as a [[drug mule]] instead.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/lhzb19930820-1.2.18.3|title=身缠五百万元海洛英过境 香港男女判死刑|website=Lianhe Zaobao|language=zh|date=20 August 1993 }}</ref>


==Verdict==
==Verdict==
On 19 August 1993, Tong and Lam were both found guilty as charged and sentenced to death for importing 3 kilograms of heroin into Singapore, contrary to Section 7 of the [[Misuse of Drugs Act (Singapore)|Misuse of Drugs Act]]. Justice [[T. S. Sinnathuray|T.S. Sinnathuray]] rejected their defence that they did not know they were carrying heroin at the time of their arrest.<ref name=":0" />
On 19 August 1993, Tong and Lam were both found guilty as charged and sentenced to death for importing 3 kilograms of pure heroin into Singapore, contrary to Section 7 of the [[Misuse of Drugs Act (Singapore)|Misuse of Drugs Act]]. Justice [[T. S. Sinnathuray|T.S. Sinnathuray]] rejected their defence that they did not know they were carrying heroin at the time of their arrest.<ref name=":0" /> and that they should not be charged with importation as they were only in transit and had no intention of entering Singapore itself.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 August 1993|title=Death sentence for pair who smuggled heroin|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/41247/death-sentence-pair-who-smuggled-heroin|newspaper=South China Morning Post}}</ref> Both Tong and Lam remained expressionless as the judgement and death sentences were handed down.


==Appeal==
==Appeals==
On 16 May 1994, the [[Court of Appeal of Singapore|Appeals court]] dismissed Tong and Lam's appeal against their convictions.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=22 April 1995|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19950422-1.2.38.12 |title=HK dance hostess among 5 drug traffickers executed
On 16 May 1994, the [[Court of Appeal of Singapore|Appeals court]] dismissed Tong and Lam's appeal against their convictions.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=22 April 1995|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19950422-1.2.38.12 |title=HK dance hostess among 5 drug traffickers executed |newspaper=The Straits Times}}</ref> In September 1994, the British Government lodged a letter with the Singaporean authorities appealing for clemency on Tong's behalf<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 April 1995|title=Singapore sets date to hang drug trafficker|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/114415/singapore-sets-date-hang-drug-trafficker |newspaper=South China Morning Post}}</ref>(Hong Kong was a United Kingdom Overseas Territory at the time).

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On 19 April 1995, ten members of Tong's family traveled to Singapore to petition President [[Ong Teng Cheong]] and appeal for clemency, while in Hong Kong her best friend Man Yuen-fun and members of Amnesty International delivered a petition for clemency to the Singapore Consulate-General.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 April 1995|title=Hong Kong residents hanged in Singapore|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/04/21/Hong-Kong-residents-hanged-in-Singapore/1543798436800/ |newspaper=UPI}}</ref> [[British High Commission]] official Colin Lane visited Changi Prison to offer assistance to Tong and her family the day before her execution, stating: "Great Britain does not support or condone the death penalty, so this can only be seen as a very tragic, tragic event."<ref name="Death-row woman's final hope">{{Cite news |date=20 April 1995|title=Death-row woman's final hope|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/114877/death-row-womans-final-hope |newspaper=South China Morning Post}}</ref>

Tong [[Conversion to Christianity|converted to Christianity]] while on death row, and had shared in a letter to her close friend Man Yuen-fun how her faith was helping her, writing: "The Holy Spirit is now filling up my heart. God will accompany me and I now understand God's plan."<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 April 1995|title=Life on death row|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/115062/life-death-row |newspaper=South China Morning Post}}</ref>


==Execution==
==Execution==
Tong Ching Man and Lam Cheuk Wang were both hanged at Changi Prison on the morning of 21 April 1995. Another three drug convicts, including another Hong Kong citizen [[Poon Yuen Chung]], were also put to death on the same day itself.<ref name=":1" />
Despite the pleas for clemency on their behalf, Tong Ching Man and Lam Cheuk Wang were both hanged at Changi Prison on the morning of 21 April 1995. Three other drug convicts, including another Hong Kong citizen [[Poon Yuen Chung]], were also put to death on the same day.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 April 1995|title=SINGAPORE: 5 CONVICTED DRUG TRAFFICKERS ARE HANGED AT CHANGI PRISON|url=https://reuters.screenocean.com/record/318405 |newspaper=Reuters}}</ref><ref name="Death-row woman's final hope"/><ref name="贩毒者死！ 5毒贩今早问吊 3香港人 1尼日利亚人 1本地人"/><ref name=":1" />

Tong, Lam and Poon were reportedly the last three Hong Kong prisoners on Singapore's death row to be executed in the country itself.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 April 1995|title=Last HK three to face the gallows on Friday|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/114537/last-hk-three-face-gallows-friday |newspaper=South China Morning Post}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
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Latest revision as of 07:37, 2 July 2024

Tong Ching Man
Tong Ching Man (唐清雯)
Born(1970-10-01)1 October 1970
British Hong Kong
Died21 April 1995(1995-04-21) (aged 25)
Changi Prison, Singapore
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
NationalityHong Konger
OccupationWaitress
Conviction(s)Drug trafficking
Criminal penaltyDeath

Tong Ching Man (唐清雯;[1] 1 October 1970 – 21 April 1995) was a 25 year old female Hong Kong national executed in Singapore for drug trafficking.

Biography

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Born in Hong Kong in 1970, Tong Ching Man has been described as coming from a broken family. Tong's mother left her father (who worked as a car parking attendant in Tsim Sha Tsui) and married another man, after which Tong went to live with her father, her new step-mother and two half-brothers in Hunghom. Tong dropped out of school aged 14 and was working as a waitress at the time of her arrest.[2]

Arrest at Changi Airport

[edit]

On 15 December 1988, Tong and her 19-year-old boyfriend Lam Cheuk Wang (林灼宏)[1] flew into Singapore's Changi Airport from Hong Kong at 8:30pm and were due to catch a connecting Singapore Airlines flight to Brussels at 10pm that evening. They both wore large puffy jackets on top of their clothes, partly to protect against the cold winter weather of their final destination but mainly to disguise how bulky their torsos looked.[3]

At 9:15pm, narcotics officers decided to mount a surprise check of the passengers boarding the flight to Brussels, and started searching people at random at the boarding gate.[4] Lam's restless behavior caught the attention of the officials and he was then frisked. Lam was found to have 24 bags containing a total of 2.5 kg of a powder like substance, later determined to be heroin, strapped to his body in a nylon vest.[5] A one meter long blue rubber cloth had been wound round his torso and fastened with velcro in an effort to flatten the vest.

Knowing from previous experience that drug couriers often worked in pairs, the officers decided to conduct a thorough search of all the other passengers queuing for the flight.[6] Tong was searched about 25 minutes later, and she was found to have 18 bags containing a total of 2.3 kg of heroin strapped to her torso in a similar manner.

On 17 December 1988, Tong and Lam were charged with trafficking a total of 4.8 kg of heroin, worth an estimated $5 million, into Singapore[7] and both were then remanded in custody to await trial.

Central Narcotics Bureau officers reenacting how Tong Ching Man and Lam Cheuk Wang had blocks of heroin strapped to their bodies in custom vests

Trial

[edit]

The trial of Tong and Lam for trafficking a capital amount of narcotics began on 12 August 1993 at the High Court of Singapore. Although the authorities had directed both face a joint trial, Defence lawyers for Lam argued that they should have separate trials, due to the disparity in weight and purity of the heroin he was charged with smuggling compared to Tong (who was caught with the equivalent of almost a quarter of a kilogram more than Lam). However, the trial judge dismissed the application and ruled that both defendants should be tried jointly as originally planned.[8]

Deputy Public Prosecutor Palaniappan Sundararaj thereafter outlined how Tong had 1.67 kg and Lam had 1.46 kg of pure heroin respectively in their possession when they were searched by officials at Changi Airport.[4][9] Lam's defence was he was asked to carry blocks of tranquillizers to Belgium in order to avoid paying custom duties, and would be paid a fee of HK$15,000 for doing so. He did not realize the flight had a stop over in Singapore, therefore there was no intent to actually import it. Despite Lam testifying that he first met her at Kai Tak airport just before they flew out, Tong stated that he was in fact her boyfriend, and in October 1988 he invited her to go on holiday with him to Belgium. At the airport in Hong Kong, he gave her a vest to put on, telling her the contents were not dangerous and they were only trying to evade taxes and import duties.[10]

The Prosecution countered that when Lam was interrogated by officers shortly after his arrest about the items strapped to his body, he replied it was "powder", which coupled with that fact he had seen before boarding the plane that the bags contained a substance that was white and lumpy indicated that he knew it was not tranquilizers. The Prosecution also dismissed Tong's claim of innocence by questioning why an 18 year old waitress from Hong Kong (who had never even applied for a passport before) would suddenly decide to go on a vacation to Belgium for only 3 days, whereas a more likely explanation pointed to her intentionally working as a drug mule instead.[11]

Verdict

[edit]

On 19 August 1993, Tong and Lam were both found guilty as charged and sentenced to death for importing 3 kilograms of pure heroin into Singapore, contrary to Section 7 of the Misuse of Drugs Act. Justice T.S. Sinnathuray rejected their defence that they did not know they were carrying heroin at the time of their arrest.[10] and that they should not be charged with importation as they were only in transit and had no intention of entering Singapore itself.[12] Both Tong and Lam remained expressionless as the judgement and death sentences were handed down.

Appeals

[edit]

On 16 May 1994, the Appeals court dismissed Tong and Lam's appeal against their convictions.[13] In September 1994, the British Government lodged a letter with the Singaporean authorities appealing for clemency on Tong's behalf[14](Hong Kong was a United Kingdom Overseas Territory at the time).

On 19 April 1995, ten members of Tong's family traveled to Singapore to petition President Ong Teng Cheong and appeal for clemency, while in Hong Kong her best friend Man Yuen-fun and members of Amnesty International delivered a petition for clemency to the Singapore Consulate-General.[15] British High Commission official Colin Lane visited Changi Prison to offer assistance to Tong and her family the day before her execution, stating: "Great Britain does not support or condone the death penalty, so this can only be seen as a very tragic, tragic event."[16]

Tong converted to Christianity while on death row, and had shared in a letter to her close friend Man Yuen-fun how her faith was helping her, writing: "The Holy Spirit is now filling up my heart. God will accompany me and I now understand God's plan."[17]

Execution

[edit]

Despite the pleas for clemency on their behalf, Tong Ching Man and Lam Cheuk Wang were both hanged at Changi Prison on the morning of 21 April 1995. Three other drug convicts, including another Hong Kong citizen Poon Yuen Chung, were also put to death on the same day.[18][16][1][13]

Tong, Lam and Poon were reportedly the last three Hong Kong prisoners on Singapore's death row to be executed in the country itself.[19]

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "贩毒者死！ 5毒贩今早问吊 3香港人 1尼日利亚人 1本地人". Shin Min Daily (in Chinese). 21 April 1995.
  2. ^ "A cousin's despair for a prisoner". South China Morning Post. 15 January 1995.
  3. ^ "HK teens nabbed with $5m in heroin". The Straits Times. 17 December 1988.
  4. ^ a b "HK couple goes on trial on capital drug charges". The Straits Times. 13 August 1993.
  5. ^ "Major haul may check trafficking via Singapore". New Paper. 17 December 1988.
  6. ^ "HK teens nabbed with $5m in heroin". The Straits Times. 17 December 1988.
  7. ^ "HK teens on heroin charge". The Straits Times. 18 December 1988.
  8. ^ "涉嫌身缠大量毒品机场转机遭搜身落网". Lianhe Zaobao (in Chinese). 13 August 1993.
  9. ^ "两香港男女涉嫌贩卖500万海洛英 背心藏毒品 闯关被活捉 面对死刑审讯". Shin Min Daily News. 12 August 1993.
  10. ^ a b "HK heroin couple get death sentence". The Straits Times. 20 August 1993.
  11. ^ "身缠五百万元海洛英过境 香港男女判死刑". Lianhe Zaobao (in Chinese). 20 August 1993.
  12. ^ "Death sentence for pair who smuggled heroin". South China Morning Post. 21 August 1993.
  13. ^ a b "HK dance hostess among 5 drug traffickers executed". The Straits Times. 22 April 1995.
  14. ^ "Singapore sets date to hang drug trafficker". South China Morning Post. 19 April 1995.
  15. ^ "Hong Kong residents hanged in Singapore". UPI. 21 April 1995.
  16. ^ a b "Death-row woman's final hope". South China Morning Post. 20 April 1995.
  17. ^ "Life on death row". South China Morning Post. 22 April 1995.
  18. ^ "SINGAPORE: 5 CONVICTED DRUG TRAFFICKERS ARE HANGED AT CHANGI PRISON". Reuters. 21 April 1995.
  19. ^ "Last HK three to face the gallows on Friday". South China Morning Post. 17 April 1995.
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