Yong Vui Kong

Yong Vui Kong
Born23 January 1988 (1988-01-23) (age 36)[1]
Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
Criminal statusImprisoned at Changi Prison since 12 June 2007
Criminal chargeDrug trafficking
PenaltyLife imprisonment (x3) and 15 strokes of the cane
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yong.

Yong Vui Kong (Chinese: 杨伟光; pinyin: Yáng Weǐguāng) (born 23 January 1988) is a Malaysian who was sentenced to death in Singapore for trafficking more than 15 grams of heroin in 2007. His sentence was reduced to life imprisonment and caning as a result of Singapore's amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Happy birthday, Vui Kong , 23 January 2011, The Star (Malaysia)
  2. ^ "大马华裔新加坡运毒被免除死罪 下跪答谢法官(图)" [Yong Vui Kong escaped gallows, knelt and thanked the judge]. China News (in Chinese). 15 November 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. ^ "杨伟光逃过死刑 跪谢法官" [Yong Vui Kong escaped gallows, knelt and thanked the judge]. Oriental Daily (in Chinese). 14 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  4. ^ "新加坡通过滥用毒品修正法 有条件免除强制性死刑" [Singapore approves reforms of drug laws, with conditional reprieve from mandatory death penalty]. Radio Free Asia (in Chinese). 14 November 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2021.