Stenly »
uri (15:03:14): da se nekde ten slavnej rozhovor se singapurskym katem?
His was the last face that hundreds of prisoners saw before the noose was placed around their necks as they heard the now well-known final promise of being sent to “a better place.“
But until recently, the identity of Singapore‘s chief executioner, Darshan Singh, who admits to having hanged more than 850 condemned men and women in a 46-year career, has been a secret in his own country.
The pot-bellied, Malaysian-born grandfather made a surprise public appearance, in a two page article in the government owned tabloid The New Paper, in an unexpected, and unintended, debate in the city-state over its death penalty laws.
Not surprisingly, it is the hangman Singh, whose identity was revealed to the world last in an exclusive interview with The Australian, who has dominated conversation among Singaporeans. After The Australian‘s article, Singh reportedly said that he had been sacked for granting the interview, and would be missing out on his S$470 (C$322) executioner‘s payment.
The New Paper ran an interview depicting him as a solid civil servant duped into talking to The Australian.The article drew heavily on Singh‘s description of his vocation, his job satisfaction and his now infamous send-off to the condemned: “I am now sending you to a better place than this. God bless you.“
https://asianpacificpost.com/article/2104-i-am-now-sending-you-better-place.html
zajimalo by me, jeslti videl spalovace mrtvol..