Penalty paid

Nguyen's funeral next week
December 02, 2005
THE body of convicted drug smuggler
Van Tuong Nguyen will be returned to his home town
of Melbourne on Sunday ahead of a funeral at the
end of next week.
Long-time family friend Father Peter Hansen will
preside over the bilingual requiem mass at
Melbourne's St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral,
the Daily Telegraph reported today.
Nguyen's mother Kim began making funeral
arrangements two weeks ago before flying to
Singapore to visit her son, the paper said.
Ninety minutes after tomorrow's execution,
Nguyen's body will be collected from Changi Prison.
It is believed the 25-year-old's remains will return
home on the same flight as his mother and brother
on Sunday, the paper said.

We must accept the laws of a country. As much as I pitied
this boy, he knew the penalty and took the risk. If he had
completed the deal his brothers debys would have been
cleared. He got caught so his penalty had to be paid.