Singapore: Imminent Execution: Van Tuong Nguyen

Index Number: ASA 36/003/2005
Date Published: 23 October 2005
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Singapore

Australian national Van Tuong Nguyen, who has been condemned to death in Singapore, had his appeal for clemency rejected by the President on 21 October, and is now facing imminent execution. A date has not yet been announced, although the hanging is likely to be carried out within weeks.