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by spectrekle
on 6/3/12
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DANGER WARNING! PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE COMING TO SINGAPORE. THIS MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE. DO NOT TREAT THIS WARNING AS A JOKE. THIS IS NOT A JOKE. THIS IS MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. IT'S NOT A BE JOKE WHEN SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE HANGING FROM THE END OF A ROPE BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THAT THIS IS A JOKE. THIS IS NOT A JOKE. DANGER WARNING!

The Singapore embarkation card contains a warning to visitors about the death penalty for drug trafficking. Warning signs can also be found at the Johor-Singapore Causeway and other border entries.

Under Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, any person importing, exporting, or found in possession of more than the following quantities of drugs receives a mandatory death sentence: 30 grammes of cocaine (Section 5 and Section 7, (5)(b)).

The Act, to some degree, reverses the usual burden of proof in common law jurisdictions. Under the Act any person found in possession of more than the prescribed amounts is presumed to be trafficking.

Any person who has in their possession a key to a premises where drugs are found is presumed to be in possession of the drugs since "any person who is proved to have had in his possession or custody or under his control —
(a) anything containing a controlled drug;
(b) the keys of anything containing a controlled drug;
(c) the keys of any place or premises or any part thereof in which a controlled drug is found; or
(d) a document of title relating to a controlled drug or any other document intended for the delivery of a controlled drug, shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to have had that drug in his possession."

Furthermore, any person who is proved or presumed to have had a controlled drug in his possession shall be presumed to have known the nature of that drug. #globaltweet

Info taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Singapore