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Changi Prison, where Singapore's death row is located Capital punishment in Singapore is a legal penalty. Executions in Singapore are carried out by long drop hanging, and usually take place at dawn. Thirty-three offences—including murder, drug trafficking, terrorism, use of firearms and kidnapping —warrant the death penalty under Singaporean law. In 2012, Singapore amended its laws to ...
The European Union (EU) similarly appealed to the Singapore government to halt the execution of Rosman and reiterated its call for the abolition of the death penalty in Singapore. [39] The Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) also issued a statement, urging Singaporean authorities to spare the lives of the drug traffickers recently scheduled ...
The European Union (EU) similarly appealed to the Singapore government to not execute Rosman and reiterated that the death penalty should be abolished in Singapore. [29] The Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) also released a statement to implore the Singaporean authorities to spare the lives of Rosman and those who were recently scheduled ...
Saridewi binte Djamani (1978 – 28 July 2023) was a Singaporean who was sentenced to death in 2018 for trafficking 1 kg of drug containing 30.72g of heroin.Saridewi, who committed the offence on 17 June 2016, was arrested on the same day together with the drug courier at her HDB block in Anchorvale Road, Sengkang.
Mathavakannan Kalimuthu was born in Singapore on 10 May 1978. He was the only son of his family and had one younger sister, who is two years younger. He studied in the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) in 1993 before he dropped out of school to support his parents, who both suffered from poor health, and sister, who was a student.
Justice Chan also noted that the prosecution did not seek the death penalty but asked for a life sentence with three strokes of the cane, which the defence did not object to. In the end, Justice Chan sentenced 44-year-old Lee Sze Yong to life in prison and three strokes of the cane, and his life term was backdated to the date of his arrest on 9 ...
Ravi is an activist for death penalty abolishment and LGBT rights. After the Court of Appeal dismissed Malaysian citizen Yong Vui Kong's appeal against his death sentence for drug trafficking, Ravi lobbied Malaysian politicians and launched an activist movement in Singapore to appeal to President of Singapore S. R. Nathan for clemency.
The total amount of diamorphine weighed 4.1307 kg, which was nearly 274 times the minimum amount (which is 15g) that mandated the death sentence under the Misuse of Drugs Act of Singapore if found guilty. When questioned at the scene, Tsang claimed not to know what was inside the jackets, that they were given to her by a man in Bangkok and that ...