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Wouldn't your last point be true for any government data, anywhere? That it would have a vested interest in justifying government policy? I don't think there's
by mardifoufs 4y ago
Wouldn't your last point be true for any government data, anywhere? That it would have a vested interest in justifying government policy?
I don't think there's generally any reason to doubt Singapore official data in general. Do you happen to know about any source on it being unreliable? Or even rumours that it is?
(FWIW, I totally agree thay killing citizens over weed is batshit insane, even if it was hypothetically proven to be very effective method to reduce drug usage/dealing)
- p-e-w 4y agoSingapore is ranked 139th in the Press Freedom Index[1]. Until last year, it ranked behind Russia and Afghanistan. It's safe to say that publicly challenging Singapore's official figures, or trying to obtain data from alternative sources, would be very difficult, if not outright dangerous. So this is not the same thing as questioning data from just anywhere else. Singapore's government transparency is abysmal by international standards, especially by the standards of developed countries. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_Freedom_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_Freedom_Index