Singapore executes another prisoner for trafficking cannabis, its second hanging in 3 weeks

Name: Rare protest in Singapore as hundreds rally against death penalty after executions resume
Uploaded: 2023-05-17T04:02:08.000Z
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Description: Rare protest in Singapore as hundreds rally against death penalty after executions resume

The 36-year-old Singaporean was convicted in 2019 of trafficking around 1.5kg of cannabis. His name was not revealed

Thirteen death row inmates have now been hanged since Singapore resumed executions in March 2022 after a hiatus of more than two years

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A Malaysian activist protests last year against the execution of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, who was sentenced to death in Singapore for trafficking heroin. Thirteen death row inmates have now been hanged since Singapore resumed executions in March 2022. Photo: AP

Agence France-Presse

Published: 12:02pm, 17 May 2023Updated: 3:28pm, 17 May 2023

Singapore on Wednesday hanged a man for trafficking drugs, authorities said, in the city state’s second execution in three weeks.

The man was convicted in 2019 of trafficking around 1.5kg (3.3 pounds) of cannabis, said Kokila Annamalai of local rights group Transformative Justice Collective.

Singapore has some of the world’s toughest anti-narcotics laws: trafficking more than 500 grams of cannabis can result in the death penalty.

“A 36-year-old Singaporean man had his capital sentence carried out today at Changi Prison Complex,” a spokesman for the city state’s prison service said.

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Rare protest in Singapore as hundreds rally against death penalty after executions resume

Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said in a separate statement that it would not release the name of the man to respect his family’s wish for privacy.

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