澳洲聯邦警察(AFP)今早召開記者會,交代10年前把峇里九男女運毒情報交給印尼的處理手法。印尼是對販毒執行死刑的國家,AFP是否把他們送入鬼門關呢? 面對公眾的質疑,AFP否認刻意這樣做,解釋當時根本不能阻止這些澳洲國民到印尼,情報也沒有清楚顯示所運的是甚麽毒品和涉及的所有人。
兩個死囚上星期槍決了,把幾個月來澳印兩國之間引發的外交風波推至巔峰,澳洲因此召回大使。這件事再發展落去也不會使兩國關係再惡化。兩名被處決的死囚Andrew Chan及Myuran Sukumaran是否該死,或者死刑有無阻嚇作用,印尼有沒有違反國際法,以及印尼的法官在判刑前索取賄款的指控未查明就處決囚犯有沒有違反公義,都可以造好多篇文章出來。
近這兩星期,澳洲國民情緒偏向同情兩個罪犯,政府態度也隨著國情升溫,我不想講涼薄話,該死不該死都死了,他們以身試法,要冒這種險就不能一味心存僥倖,等如有人去天安門罵共產黨,以為可以全身而退嗎?你可以説那是一黨專政,沒有言論自由的極權國家,但罵出口之前它已經是這樣,你想過後果還要在那裏大罵,那又可怨誰。到印尼販毒,就要有被處死的心理準備。
同情這兩個囚犯的人,主要因為這兩人覺悟前非。Andrew Chan還在獄中心靈得以救贖,變成一個牧師,幫助其他囚犯。Myuran Sukumaran就發掘出藝術天份,成為一個畫家。覺悟就應該給予自新的機會,可惜採取這標準不一定是普世的價值。澳洲天主教大學(Australian Catholic University)甚至為了紀念兩人而設立獎學金。該校校長所持的理由是
"These are not scholarships in memory of men who once were drug runners," he wrote in The Australian on Monday.
"They commemorate men who died reformed, redeemed, courageously and uncompromisingly human."
Well, 標少只能打官腔,No comment.
Andrew Chan在行刑前寫了一封信,告誡年青人不要重蹈他沉淪之路,這封信不少學校用來做教材,在此摘取部份內容給讀者看:
"Now the reason why I'm writing you this letter is to address you guys about the dangers of drugs and the effects it can have on you and also others," he said.
"To tell you a little bit about my life story, I was once 15, 16 and it wasn't too long ago I was sitting in a class just like you guys.
"I was an average kid and let me tell you that my teachers didn't like me one bit and I was no teacher's pet.
"But to cut a long story short, I got mixed up with drugs at a pretty young age and by the time I was 15 I was merged into the scene.
"My life is a perfect example of an absolute waste."
活生生的例子,耳熟能詳的經歷,身在其中的人,往往把生命浪費貽盡才會覺悟。這兩個人的悔悟是在刑事上訴的途徑用盡了才開始,那是2011年了。
當很多人都專注罪犯的悔悟時,同案的另一個越南裔被判終身監禁的犯人,表示他懷念Myuran因為他夠義氣,而並非這死囚的藝術才華,或者在獄中怎樣去幫助及輔導其他囚犯,看下Sydney Morning Herald所報導這運毒案第三把手Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen的描述:
"I wanna share something with all of you. In memory of Myu," Nguyen wrote in a message that was shared on Facebook.
His fondest memory, said Nguyen, was not something Sukumaran did in jail, or his art.
"[It was] the fact that he cared and worried about the rest. Calm and collected. This is what I will always remember about him," Nguyen wrote.
"Myu could of(sic) panicked and left the country."
澳洲人對這次的處決還憤憤不平,指責印尼政府雙重標準,我沒有理由替印尼辯護,因為全世界都是雙重標準,沒有絕對一致的政府或人。這又不禁使我想起2003年底,澳洲司法部長拒絕香港政府引導要求,當時香港政府為了天水圍天頌苑的短樁案,要求與香港簽署了引渡協議的澳洲,引渡逃回澳洲的兩名澳藉工程師返港受審,一切法律要求都符合了,惟獨是司法部長拒絕簽發引導令,當時同樣有涉及捐獻給議員從中說項的傳聞。
標少不是聰明人,但也不naive,每當大眾熱烘烘一窩「瘋」的時候,我總是skeptical。這件案AFP處理手法我是認同的,交換販毒情報,是為全球打擊毒品罪行盡力,那些毒販一下子變成民族英雄般受愛戴,well, not my cup of tea. 我還有點反胃。
峇里運毒九男女之一
峇里運毒九男女之二
峇里運毒九男女之三:生命第二章
峇里運毒九男女之四:垂死掙扎