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Van Tuong Nguyen (Vietnamese: Nguyễn Tường Vân, listen ⓘ; 17 August 1980 – 2 December 2005), baptised Caleb, [1] was an Australian from Melbourne, Victoria convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore.
Better Man is based on the true story of Van Tuong Nguyen, a 25-year-old Vietnamese-Australian man who was arrested in Singapore, convicted of drug trafficking, sentenced to death in 2004, and subsequently hanged in 2005. The series follows the story of a young man who had a tough but loving upbringing with his twin brother and devoted mother.
Nguyễn Văn Tường in a Quan phục Nguyễn Văn Tường. Nguyễn Văn Tường (chữ Hán: 阮 文 祥, 1824–1886) was a mandarin of the Nguyễn dynasty in Vietnam. He is known for installing and dethroning three emperors in 1883–84: Dục Đức, Hiệp Hoà, and Kiến Phúc.
Van Tuong Nguyen (1980–2005) Vietnamese Australian executed in Singapore [39] Victor Peirce 1958–2002) member of the Pettingill family, murdered in 2001 [40] Kath Pettingill, former brothel worker and owner; criminal matriarch of the Pettingill family [41] Roger Rogerson, corrupt former police officer [42]
Operation Starlite (also known in Vietnam as Battle of Van Tuong) was the first major offensive action conducted by a purely U.S. military unit during the Vietnam War from 18 to 24 August 1965. The operation was launched based on intelligence provided by Major general Nguyen Chanh Thi, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) I Corps commander.
After the hanging of Australian citizen Van Tuong Nguyen on 2 December 2005, Susan Chia, province leader of the Good Shepherd Sisters in Singapore, declared that "the death penalty is cruel, inhumane and it violates the right to life." Chia and several other nuns comforted Nguyen's mother two weeks before his execution for heroin trafficking. [118]
A pedestrian walks past a hologram representing murdered sex worker Bernadette Szabo, known as Betty, implemented by Dutch police in hope to uncover new information around her murder, in Amsterdam ...
Julian P McMahon AC is a Melbourne barrister, who has been the lawyer for Van Tuong Nguyen [1] [2] and members of the Bali Nine. [3] [4] He currently serves as the president of the Capital Punishment Justice Project (formerly Reprieve Australia), an organisation which aims to provide legal representation and humanitarian assistance to those at risk of execution.