Vui Kong to be put to death – keep hope alive to commute “cruel, degrading and inhuman punishment”

It appears some Singaporeans probably care more about this young man than we do.
Mr. M. Ravi, a lawyer down south and a good man, has been campaigning tirelessly for this young man.
I wrote a bit about Vui Kong’s story and his brother’s heartfelt letter of appeal last November – and all through this time and longer, the poor boy has had death hanging over his head.
A statement by the Singapore Anti Death Penalty Campaign includes this most recent development:

While the Court acknowledged that the mandatory death sentence (MDP) is considered a cruel, degrading and inhuman punishment in other countries, it added that Singapore’s constitution does not provide for a prohibition against cruel, degrading and inhuman punishment.

O.O
Our good natured Singapore bashing aside, surely this is a perversion of the law. Are they saying that in Singapore, it is ok to inflict cruel, degrading and inhuman punishment?? :( :(
A boy’s life is at stake here – surely reason can prevail? :(
I am reminded of something I saw briefly on Loyarburok by Amer Hamzah, who helped me with my case:

Before I take my seat, I seek Your Lordship’s leave to read out an excerpt from the book “Letters to a Young Lawyer” by Professor Alan Dershowitz.
“Don’t love the law. It will inevitably disappoint you. Understand the law is a tool, a mechanism, a construct. It is a false idol like so many others in life…
Don’t respect the law, unless it merits your respect. The law in Nazi Germany or in apartheid South Africa or in the Jim Crow South did not deserve respect. The Supreme Court’s decision in Bush v Gore should be followed ? that’s what it means to live under the rule of law. But it should not be respected, any more than the robed cheaters who wrote it should be respected. [The] law today sometimes deserves respect, other times it deserves condemnation. It must be always be obeyed, but it need not be admired. Honesty is more important than respect.
If you don’t love the law, what should you love (aside from your loved ones)? Love liberty. Love justice. Love the good that law can produce. Aspirations don?t disappoint, so long as you realize that the struggle for liberty, justice and anything else worth pursuing never stays won.

Vui Kong’s story:

10-year old Vui Kong was unable to continue with his education…. Initially he became a kitchen help and he fell into bad company. Vui Kong was used by the so-clled “Big Brother” to be a runner to collect bad debts….
Vui Kong himself did not consume drugs, but from collecting bad debts, he was slowly tasked to delivering gifts. The young Vui Kong obeyed the instructions of “Big Brother” who said that delivering a little bit of drugs would not lead to death. Vui Kong fell into the trap of the drug trafficking syndicate.

While Vui Kong lives and breathes, we should not give up our hopes or efforts to save this young man.
Please Malaysia, help pass the word around. And please Singapore, we humbly ask for mercy.