COMMENTARY, Aug. 19 -- I was sentenced to death on May 2, 2017. The judge said that even though my involvement was just as a courier, he has no any other choice because the DPP of Singapore did not want to issue the certificate of co-operation.

I saw my family break down with my very own eyes, they couldn't believe what was happening.

At that moment, the lowest point of my life, I mustered the strength to stay strong for my family and consoled them by saying, "I can still appeal, there is hope."

It hurts to see our loved one in this sort of situation. Words can't describe the burden which I had placed in their hearts.

All my family ever did was love me for who I am and be there for me and all I have given them is burden and pain that ...