As published by the Death Penalty Worldwide, Sunday (22/02/2015), there are eight Southeast Asian Nations still retain the death penalty, namely Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand.
The heaviest sentence given to offenders with a variety of cases, including murder and drug trafficking.
As reported in The Interpreter, a drug dealer named Van Tuong from Melbourne Nguyen executed in Singapore in 2005. 2 Citizens of Singapore also executed on pure heroin trade in July 2014.
In Vietnam, the country's highest court last year sentenced to death 29 drug dealers. While Malaysia's record of 900 people who currently has the status on death row.
Likewise with Indonesia. There were 133 death row in 2012, 71 of which involved drug trafficking case. Attorney General Prasetyo said, currently there are 60 people who were executed immediately.
While executions in Laos last done in 1989. At present, there were 89 inmates dead. In Myanmar, there are 235 people were sentenced to death, but the local authorities not to execute since the 1980s.
In Thailand, there are 112 convicts sentenced to death, and the last execution carried out on August 24, 2009.
In Brunei Darussalam, executions carried out last time in 1957. However, with the implementation of hudud laws started back last year, the execution can re-occur in the sultanate country.
The ASEAN countries which do not implement the execution of the Philippines, East Timor, and Cambodia.
According to the literature data is Death Penalty Worldwide belongs to Cornell University, states that the years do not execute the death penalty is called the "abolitionist de facto", while still making the execution called "retentionists".
Southeast Asia has a long history and problems with narcotics. Drug gangs and the huge profits they achieved, threaten regional security and internal development.
With this background the ASEAN countries ambitious create a drug-free region in 2015. According to the UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), almost all of the heroin produced in Southeast Asia is consumed in East Asia and the Pacific.
In 2011, the region consumes 65 tons of pure heroin with the volume of retail sales worth more than US $ 16.3 billion, equivalent to Rp 207 trillion ($ 1 = Rp 12,700).
Narcotics trafficking may be easier when the ASEAN Community (AEC) introducing trade throughout the region. This could encourage the adoption of more stringent capital punishment.
According to the pages of The Interpreter, for law enforcement, drug trafficking sometimes have other side. Bribery of the tourists who were caught taking drugs become big business. The police who earn salaries that are not too big, bribes may be additional revenue that could be doubled from monthly salary they receive.
source: interpretermag.com
