Originally Posted by quant88

I don't think there is currently still an exodus of foreigners although many left during covid and numbers are still below 2019 levels. Certainly, foreigners/MNCs/US government put a lot of pressure on Singapore to change covid travel restrictions which are now almost entirely gone as Singapore has normalized. While Singapore still a few more covid restrictions than most Western countries it's hard to imagine this leading to many foreigners leaving at this point in time.

Most nearby countries are not so opposed to the death penalty or its use for drug crimes as well which has limited diplomatic fallout over this case. If Singapore executed another Australian for drug crimes I would imagine that would spark a big rift in Australia-Singapore relations similar to more recent executions of Australians for drug crimes in Indonesia. Even though Singapore Airlines is quite close to the government I am not sure it would be affected by any diplomatic fallout. From 2006, https://www.theage.com.au/national/s...23-ge1t94.html quotes the then Australian treasurer as saying "We don't link executions to aviation policy,".