Parliament Passes Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill – 14Nov2012
Parliament passes Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill – 14Nov2012 – SINGAPORE: Parliament has passed sweeping reforms to the Misuse of Drugs Act aimed at tackling new challenges to the drug scourge. Among the changes is the doing away with the mandatory death penalty for drug traffickers under very specific conditions. Authorities, though, stress that this does not mean Singapore is going soft on drugs. In no way do the changes dilute Singapore’s tough laws on drugs, said Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Teo Chee Hean. “Let me state categorically that we are maintaining our ‘zero tolerance’ stance against drugs. Taken in totality, these amendments will make our regime tougher against repeat offenders, introduce new offences especially against those who target the young and vulnerable, and enhance the effectiveness of the death penalty regime. We will also give CNB (Central Narcotics Bureau) officers more power to deal with emerging threats and improve their monitoring capabilities,” he said. Under the new law, the death penalty will no longer be mandatory for drug trafficking under two specific conditions. First, the trafficker must have only played the role of courier and must not have been involved in any other activity related to the supply or distribution of drugs. Second, the trafficker has cooperated with authorities in a substantive way, leading to, for example, the crackdown of a syndicate or if the trafficker has a mental disability which impairs his judgement. Mr Teo explained that the policy intent behind …
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