The petition was presented by a group of 12 of Yong's family members and supporters. Police officers from the Istana Security Unit received the petition outside the Istana's Cavenagh Road entrance. -- ST PHOTO: JOYCE FANGA PETITION with close to 110,000 signatures was delivered to the Istana on Tuesday morning, calling on President S R Nathan to spare the life of convicted Malaysian drug trafficker Yong Vui Kong.
It was presented by a group of 12 of Yong's family members and supporters. Police officers from the Istana Security Unit received the petition outside the Istana's Cavenagh Road entrance.
The group, which included the Member of Parliament for Yong's constituency in Sabah, met at Plaza Singapura at 9am.
Most wore T-shirts with the words Give Life a Second Chance, the slogan for the Save Vui Kong Campaign.
At 10am, they walked to the Istana's Cavenagh Road entrance, carrying a box, files and bundles of paper bearing the 109,346 signatures.
These had been gathered over the past two months on the streets of Yong's home state of Sabah, as well as in Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and online.
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