1) OK, this one is easy. In which of the following countries
is oral sex a criminal offense, "unless performed as part
of foreplay"?
B) Sudan C) Singapore
B) the Klu Klux Klan C) Jehovah's witnesses
B) more than 50 kg C) 200 grams (enough for about a joint a day for one year)
B) Cocaine C) chewing gum
The correct answers (of course) are: C, C, C and C. 1) Oral sex, if not followed by vaginal intercourse, has been ruled as an "unnatural act" under section 377 of the Singapore penal code which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. 2) How can anyone respect the government of a country that feels so insecure that it can't even let its people make up their own minds about the "Watchtower"? Actually, the reason Singapore jails all Witnesses or people found holding their literature is that their religion forbids military service, which is the same reason why Hitler sent them to concentration camps. 3) Singapore is unique amongst tiny countries (the city state has only 3 million inhabintants) in executing some 50-80 people every year. Despite these barbaric punishments the number of illegal drug users in its five drug rehabilitation centres (where people can be detained against their will if they have used illegal drugs) rose from around 5000 in 1990 to 8700 in 1994 [1]. That means two decades after making the death penalty mandatory for a range of drug offences as many as 1 in 300 Singaporean citizens are now undergoing forced drug treatment, tendency rising... Imagine if Japan was executing 3000 people per year and holding 400,000 citizens in concentration camps for using illicit substances and you've got things in perspective. 4) On the other hand, no one has been sentenced for that offence yet. There was a case recently though where a 16 year old boy was sent to a detention camp for two years for being caught with a pack of cigarettes. [1] Source: Amnesty International
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2) Which of the following groups is considered by the Government of
Singapore to be a dangerous and subversive organisation, possessions
of publications of which and membership in which are illegal?
3) How much cannabis resin (hashish) do you have to be caught with
in Singapore for death by hanging to become mandatory for you?
4) The penalty for smuggling which dangerous controlled substance into Singapore is
one year in prison?