Shouldn't it be "would" instead of "will"?

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"If I removed the death penalty, the flow of drugs into Singapore will be much higher. Your lives, your siblings’ lives, many other lives would be at risk. More people will die in Singapore if we removed the death penalty,” he said then.

Shouldn’t it be “would be” instead of “will be” and “would die” instead of “will die”?

Thanks.

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Could someone please help?

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Exactly, @Kohyoongliat.

The Type II conditional demands that the modal in the main clause be in the PAST form when the verb in the conditional (If) clause is in the PAST tense.

So, "If I removed the death penalty, the flow of drugs into Singapore would be much higher. Your lives, your siblings’ lives, many other lives would be at risk. More people would die in Singapore if we removed the death penalty,” he said then.

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