Van Nguyen

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Van Tuong Nguyen, baptised Caleb, was an Australian from Melbourne, Victoria, convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore. A Vietnamese Australian, he was also addressed as Nguyen Tuong Van in Singaporean media, his name in Vietnamese custom like most customs in the Sinosphere. Drug trafficking carries a mandatory death sentence under Singapore's Misuse of Drugs Act, and despite pleas for clemency from the Australian Government, Amnesty International, the Holy See, as well as other individuals and groups, he was executed by hanging at 06:06 SST on 2 December 2005 at Changi Prison. Read more

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