Yong Vui Kong escapes gallows, re-sentenced to life imprisonment and caning

XIN MSN News, 14 Nov 2013
Death-row inmate Yong Vui Kong was today re-sentenced to life imprisonment and 15 strokes of the cane.
High court judge Choo Han Teck said he was satisfied that 25-year-old Yong, a Malaysian, had proven that he acted only as a drug courier.
In 2008, Yong was condemned to hang for bringing 47.27 grams of heroin into Singapore at the age of 19.   Full story