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ISA, Death Penalty and 377A

The Singapore Government (SG) is wise in not doing away with the ISA when Malaysia did so.

Look at Malaysia now. Scrapping the ISA did not please its critics nor did it help the Barisan Nasional to get more votes. In fact BN lost some support from its Malay supporters. Now Malaysia is trying to introduce anti-terror laws similar to the ISA. Besides terrorism, what about other security threats? You never know. Will Malaysia need to enact more security laws later?

The SG is also wise in tweaking the Death Penalty law for drug traffickers to include conditions that will let traffickers escape execution.

Look at the case of two Australian drug traffickers who were sentenced to death in Indonesia and the huge pressure from Australia to spare them. If that happens in Singapore, I think the amended Death Penalty law may help the SG to find a solution.

I believe the SG will not repeal Section 377A of the Penal Code, at least not within this decade.

Scrapping 377A will not please the groups calling for it to be scrapped. They will have more demands. And the Government will lose support for being weak.