Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock (repost)
Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock By Alan Shadrake
Publisher: Strategic Information and Research Development 2010 | 219 Pages | ISBN: 9675832002 | PDF | 4 MB
Publisher: Strategic Information and Research Development 2010 | 219 Pages | ISBN: 9675832002 | PDF | 4 MB
It was never my intention to go to Singapore and write a book about its revered but much feared chief executioner or its justice system. I was invited by the Singapore Tourism Board and a glossy magazine in California to write a travel feature to tempt Americans to visit the city state. Writing about its bird park, night safari, orchid garden, the legend of the Merlion and historic hotels like The Raffles or The Fullerton was not my usual sphere of interest. The trip lasted only a week but, having an inquiring mind well outside my minders box, I soon had a feeling that I would never discover the true nature of this bland, authoritarian nation from a controlled tour like this.