In response to media queries on Mr Philip Alston's press statement released on 17 November 2005, the MFA Spokesman said:
"This is all just a smoke screen. Mr Alston has still not explained why in his statement of 15 November 2005 he tried to mislead the public by claiming that the Singapore courts had not taken into consideration the case he cited and why he cited only the dissenting opinion in that case. He tried to conceal the fact that the majority of judges in that case upheld the mandatory death penalty in Barbados."
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
18 NOVEMBER 2005