Monday 28 November 2005

Playing hangman


Singapore's 74-year-old hangman has been retired.(seemingly for talking to the press). Is this a face-saving device in the face of strident criticism about the forthcoming hanging of convicted heroin smuggler Van Nguyen? We shall have to wait and see if they use this as an excuse to shift attention from this offensive situation. But maybe there is another hangman waiting in the wings...

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