Urgent Action Needed for Malaysian Citizen in Singapore (Part 1). Press Conference in Malaysia with M. Ravi concerning Yong Vui Kong, a 22-year-old Malaysian facing the risk of execution in Singapore for trafficking drugs or to be precise, 47 grams of heroin in the country. Yong who was only 19 during the arrest which took place outside of the Meritus Mandarin Hotel in Singapore. He was convicted on 14 November 2008 for drug trafficking under what is said to be Singapore’s extremely draconian and unjust drug laws – followed by the death sentence which was supposed to have taken place in 2009.