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</html>";s:4:"text";s:30080:"The death penalty can be handed down for 33 offences in Malaysia and it is mandatory for 12 of these of which drug trafficking offences are the most common and the most controversial.  According to the Think Centre, a Singaporean civil rights  group, 70% of hangings are for drug-related offences. Abd Helmi Ab Halim, 36, is on death row in Singapore’s Changi prison. In a letter addressed to the https://www.talkingdrugs.org/singapore-death-penalty-trump-endorses Executions of drug smugglers are becoming more common. In Gobi’s case, the presumption clauses in Section 18 came into play: The presumption in S18(1) wasn’t an issue, since it was accepted by both the prosecution and the defence that Gobi had drugs in his possession. Singapore held elections in July, with the ruling People’s Action Party taking 83 out of 93 seats, with 61.2 percent of the popular vote. Agbozo, who was arrested on April 5, … SINGAPORE. Fifteen grams of heroin or 500 grams of cannabis can earn the offender a one-way trip to the gallows—the method of execution that Singapore has always used. Australian Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday the differences between Australia and Singapore over the planned execution of convicted drug … Singapore’s continued reliance on mandatory death sentences, which violate international law, has meant that dozens of low-level drug offenders have been sent to death row in recent years, Amnesty International said in a new report, ‘Cooperate or Die’. READ ALSO: Pilgrim travelling to Saudi Arabia excretes 76 cocaine wraps Singapore also retains the mandatory death penalty, in certain circumstances, for murder and drug trafficking, contrary to international safeguards and restrictions on the use of the death penalty. Constitutionality. A Nigerian, Chijoke Obioha was caught in Singapore trafficking in hard drugs on December 30, 2008 with his execution slated for Friday November 18. Key observations. Exchange of Notes . The Singapore Prison Service has published figures on judicial execution in its Annual Report for 2010 which can be found here. ... who had won him a stay of execution and was mounting a … Chijioke Stephen Obioha was executed by the Singaporean government for drug trafficking. Singapore is due to execute two convicted drug traffickers on Friday after hanging a man on Wednesday for the same offense amid fresh calls for the wealthy state to abolish the death penalty. The Barbaric Public Executions of Nazi War Criminals at Biskupia Górka, Poland in July 1946 Stutthof Concentration Camp, Poland. Singapore has some of the world's toughest anti-drug policies. SINGAPORE - Singapore has the sovereign right to use the death penalty against drug offenders and expects other countries to respect its laws, … Singapore also has a mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking offenses. The death penalty has been a part of crime and punishment in Singapore from day one. S Prabagaran, a Malaysian who was convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore, was executed at 6am today, after his 11th-hour bid for a stay of execution was dismissed. Friday, December 2, 2005 . On 18 July 2014, Singapore carried out its first two executions since 2012, when two men were hanged after they had been convicted of and mandatorily sentenced to death for drug … Nguyen Tuong Van, 25, of Vietnamese descent, was hanged at Changi prison despite repeated pleas for clemency from the Australian government. Singapore on Friday hanged two convicted drug dealers in the first executions since a moratorium was imposed in 2011 to review a mandatory death penalty law, the anti-narcotics bureau said. The execution of requests made pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject Mr. Obioha was hanged in … SINGAPORE: A Malaysian man was granted a stay of execution on Thursday afternoon (May 23) by the Court of Appeal, a day before he was due to face the gallows. TIL that in 2005 a man was executed in Singapore for possessing 1 kg of cannabis, due to Singapore's harsh drug laws. with . Vietnam, which uses lethal injections, executed people for a … – Advertisement – Singapore — A lawyer in China has stepped forward to represent free of charge Siti Aslinda binte Junaidi, a Singaporean woman facing execution there for drug trafficking. List of Nigerians executed in Singapore for drug trafficking In November 2004, Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi, an 18-year-old boy was arrested on transit in Changi airport, Singapore. Singapore's drug laws are among the world's harshest. He was allegedly caught with 100 capsules of diamorphine that weighed 727.02grams. Singapore hanged two men convicted of drug trafficking on Friday, the first executions carried out in the city-state for more than three years while the country reviewed its … - A noticeable spike in execution numbers for drug offence occurred in 2017 and 2018. NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE . The Singaporean authorities must immediately halt the imminent execution of a man who has been sentenced to death under the country’s draconian drug control law, Amnesty International said today. The country's strict Misuse of Drugs Act punishes possession of even miniscule amounts of illegal drugs and prescribes execution if you're found guilty of carrying large amounts of particular types of drugs. It has vigorously defended its stance that executions have been effective in deterring crime, particularly drug trafficking. Two days before South Carolina death row inmate Brad Sigmon was due to be put to death in the state’s 109-year-old electric chair, he won a rare reprieve from the state’s Supreme Court. Recently executed Nigerian. Singapore is one of four countries known to have carried out executions for drug-related offences in recent years. The death penalty has been a part of crime and punishment in Singapore from day one. Dec. 2, 2005 SINGAPORE — Singapore executed Australian heroin trafficker Nguyen Tuong Van on Friday in a case that triggered an outcry in … The execution led to mourning across Australia. Human Rights Groups Slam Singapore's Planned Execution of Drug Trafficker. date: 22nd march 2002 summary: (u1) singapore (march 22, 2002) (reuters - access all) 1. gv: wide of court 0.06 2. gv/pan: police car arriving 0.16 3. gv/pan: van believed to be carrying julia bohl arrives 0.31 4. PREAMBLE AND PURPOSE. Close. In addition to the Penal Code, there are four Acts of Parliament  that prescribe death as punishment for offences. As mentioned earlier, Singapore’s law on mandatory death penalty underwent such a change in 2012. SINGAPORE - Singapore has the sovereign right to use the death penalty against drug offenders and expects other countries to respect its laws, … The death penalty was brought into law while Singapore was still a British colony, and has remained even though the United Kingdom itself abolished executions in all circumstances in 1998. Lawyer M Ravi, who is acting pro bono here at the request of Siti Aslinda’s family, announced the offer from the lawyer in China on … A comprehensive public opinion survey carried out by the National University of Singapore found that 86.9% of Singaporeans polled were in favour of the death penalty for drug offences. In a January report, Amnesty International harshly criticized Singapore for its use of the death penalty. By Editor II On Nov 22, 2019. Yong Vui Kong was sentenced to death for drug trafficking in January 2009. 1) That is clearly not a Singapore caning. Singapore should immediately halt all executions and reinstate its moratorium on the use of the death penalty.” – Adilur Rahman Khan, FIDH Vice President The two week period between an inmate’s execution and the time his family is notified is but one of the once “safe” assumptions surrounding the death penalty in Singapore. - Total number of executions from 2014 to 2019 is 32. Murder, drug-trafficking, discharge of firearms, mutiny, and treason are some of the forms of crime in Singapore punishable by death. In 2007, the Indonesian Constitutional Court (Mahkamah Konstitusi Republik Indonesia) upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty for drug cases, by a vote of six to three. Singapore is one of four countries known to have carried out executions for drug-related offences in recent years. May 3rd, 2015 – 132 Nigerians Awaiting Execution In 3 Asian Countries: 120 On Death Row In China, 11 To Be Executed In Indonesia, 1 In Singapore Nigeria stands to lose no fewer than 132 citizens who are on death row in various prisons across Indonesia, China and Singapore. (Singapore, 29 July 2019) – Singapore’s execution of drug offenders tripled in past five years compared to previous period before law review. There are 37 inmates awaiting death in South Carolina, all of them men. SINGAPORE - Human rights activists have urged Singapore to halt the looming execution of a Malaysian drug trafficker, citing a pending appeal in his home country and alleged flaws in his trial. United States consular officials have previously confirmed to CNN that they had been. Australian fury over Singapore execution. These days, capital punishment is handed out much less frequently, and even though Singapore is still far from abolishing the death penalty, only one execution was reported in 2015. 15 September 2020, 13:13 UTC. Singapore’s highly repressive drug control law does not allow judges to take into consideration possible mitigating circumstances at sentencing, including drug dependence or other circumstances relevant to the case. Singapore’s highly repressive drug control law does not allow judges to take into consideration possible mitigating circumstances at sentencing, including drug dependence or other circumstances relevant to the case. Altogether 30 people were hanged in Singapore for drug trafficking in 1995 with a further six men and one woman (Flor Contemplacion) being hanged for murder. Online petitions, letters to leaders, and even the Human Rights Watch are joining efforts to save Syed Suhail. Sister Gerard Fernandez has counseled 18 death row inmates in the prisons of Singapore. Obioha was found in possession of 2,604.56g of cannabis, surpassing the statutory amount of 500 grams that under Singapore law triggers the automatic presumption of trafficking in 2007. Singapore is one of four countries known to have carried out executions for drug-related offences in recent years. Singapore’s Misuse of Drugs Act contains presumption clauses. The execution was confirmed by Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) advisor N. Surendran. Singapore, with a population of just over four million, has the highest per capita execution rate in the world. The Singapore government has consistently maintained that the death penalty is not a human rights issue. In 2018, however, there was a spike and 13 people were hanged that year (11 for drug offences, and two for murder). In May 2020, in the midst of a global pandemic, the Supreme Court of Singapore sentenced a man to death for a drug … Although there is a host of crimes under Singapore law which attracts the death penalty, Singapore has by and large executed persons convicted of murder and, since the enactment of the Misuse of Drug Act in 1975, drug-trafficking. He was sentenced under Singapore’s mandatory death penalty regime—which means that judges have no choice but to impose the death sentence upon conviction. Hanged in Singapore on December 2, 2005 for drug trafficking (heroin) Van was in caught in Singapore at Changi Airport with almost 400g of … However Singapore itself has the death penalty, and applies it in cases of drug trafficking. Malaysian drug trafficker Yong Vui Kong and his accomplice were the first two people to be re-sentenced under the new law and escaped the gallows as a result. Yong Vui Kong was arrested in June 2007, when he was 19, by officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau. Automatic execution for drug smugglers is inhumane and disproportionate, a court in Singapore has heard, as a 21-year-old challenged his death sentence for … In that report, Amnesty noted that of 408 executions reported by Singapore since 1991, 252 were for drug offenses. Receiving the strokes standing as in the photo suggests that this is actually a Malaysian caning. A man has been sentenced to death via a Zoom video call in Singapore, as the country remains on lockdown following a … A man has been sentenced to death via a Zoom video call in Singapore, as the … Singapore has some of the world's toughest anti-drug policies. The authorities of Singapore introduced a moratorium on executions in July 2012, to allow the Parliament to review the country’s mandatory death penalty laws. It is an offence under section 8 (a) of the MDA to possess controlled drugs. S'pore court grants M'sian drug mule stay of execution. Drug offences: Drug offence cases per 100,000 population (2000). SINGAPORE: Singapore on Friday (Nov 22) underlined its sovereign right to use the death penalty against drug offenders and said that it expects … Genasan was extradited to Singapore … A man convicted of drug-trafficking offences has been sentenced to death in Singapore via … Singapore executes Malaysian drug trafficker despite appeals. Although there have been more women executed for murder, only one other woman has … The penalty for possessing drugs is a maximum of 10 years’ imprisonment, or a fine of $20,000 or both. In 2009 at least 337 hangings were recorded in seven countries, down from 339 men and 4 women in ten countries during 2008. In terms of total executions, the 2014-2019 period exhibits 1.8 times more executions compared to the 2007-2011 period. It is tragic that Singapore’s amended legislative framework for drug trafficking offences has elicited an increase in the number death sentences carried out. EXECUTION DATE SET FOR AUSTRALIAN MAN CONVICTED OF DRUG SMUGGLING. In addition to his own financial troubles, Van said he tried to help pay his twin brother's debt of A$12,000. The execution is on hold while his lawyer files a further appeal. Singapore seems to practice strict sex equality with the death penalty and hanged 9 women in the 90's. Ahead of the imminent execution of a prisoner convicted of a drug offence in Singapore, human rights groups today launched an urgent appeal to halt the process. The Thailand execution was of a murderer; in Singapore most of the executions were of drug offenders. The death penalty was brought into law while Singapore was still a British colony, and has remained even though the United Kingdom itself abolished executions in all circumstances in 1998. By Nick Squires in Darwin 02 December 2005 • 00:01 am. According to the Think Center, a Singaporean civil rights group, 70 percent of those executions were for drug offences. Syed Suhail Syed Zin, 44, had argued that death row inmates were not … Six were executed for drug trafficking under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973/75 which made drug trafficking a capital offence and 3 were hanged for murder. In 1973 Singapore passed the Misuse of Drugs Act, which was amended in December 1975 to include the mandatory death penalty for anyone found guilty of importing, exporting or trafficking in more than 500 grams of cannabis, 200 grams of cannabis resin or more than 1,000 grams of 1. Although there is a host of crimes under Singapore law which attracts the death penalty, Singapore has by and large executed persons convicted of murder and, since the enactment of the Misuse of Drug Act in 1975, drug-trafficking. Posted by 7 years ago. Here is some information about executions in Malaysia. Lasry said the Singapore government confirmed the date of execution in a letter sent to … (NST) – A Malaysian, Abd Helmi Ab Halim, who was convicted of drug trafficking in 2017, was hanged today at Changi Prison. Some 420 people have been hanged in Singapore since 1991, mostly for drug trafficking, an Amnesty International 2004 report said. Prabagaran Srivijayan was sentenced to death in 2012 for trafficking 22.24 grams (0.8 ounces) of heroin, but has consistently maintained his innocence. Human Rights Groups Slam Singapore's Planned Execution of Drug Trafficker. WORLD. Singapore: Halt imminent execution of man convicted of drug-related offence. The authorities of Singapore introduced a moratorium on executions in July 2012, to allow the Parliament to review the country's mandatory death penalty laws. In 2015, Micheal Garing, a Malaysian, was convicted of murder and sentenced to hang by the High Court. MALAYSIAN MAN FACING EXECUTION IN SINGAPORE. Anti-drugs poster, Changi prison, Singapore. Singapore has executed scores of people, including many foreigners from other Asian countries, under a 1975 drug law that mandates capital punishment for possession of as little as a … Singapore — While convicted drug trafficker Syed Suhail Syed Zin has received a reprieve on his scheduled execution, questions from his lawyer … Urging Singapore to comply with international law under which the death penalty for drug crimes amounts to unlawful killing, he said Malaysia itself had declared a moratorium on executions … S'pore halts execution of convicted drug trafficker 1 day before it scheduled to happen. Public Opinion on the Death Penalty in Singapore On 18 July 2014, Singapore executed two death row prisoners, Tang Hai Liang, 36, and Foong Chee Peng, 48, bringing to an end a three-year official moratorium established by the government in 2011 as part of the review process of the mandatory death penalty. SINGAPORE: Singapore hanged a Malaysian heroin trafficker on Friday, despite appeals from his homeland to stay a “heart-wrenching” execution that critics said was too extreme for a low-level drug mule. The letter’s arrival forced Prabu’s older … SINGAPORE, Sept 23 — A Singaporean drug trafficking convict who was to be hanged last Friday (September 18) is now waiting at least two more weeks, after the Court of Appeal allowed more submissions to be made on certain points of the law. Beh Chew Boo, 38, was sentenced to death in January, four years after he was accused of smuggling at least 499 grams of methamphetamines into the country. By Rick Dewsbury Updated: 03:51 EDT, 5 December 2011 Letchumi Murugesu, mother of Shanmugam Murugesu, who was hung for drug trafficking, attends a vigil held for Australian Ngyuen Tuong Van just hours before his execution in 2005. The Singapore Court of Appeal today granted Malaysian P Pannir Selvam's application to stay his execution … In 2019, four people were hanged (two for drug offences, and two for murder). WONG MAYE-E/AP/Press Association Images. In 2017 and 2018, battles over the effects of three-drug procedure that the state Department of … An Australian grandmother will be told she will die only 24 hours before she is hanged for smuggling drugs into Malaysia, the country's self-described 'number one' executioner has revealed. The United Nations on Wednesday urged Singapore to halt the execution of a Malaysian drug trafficker, saying it should not go ahead while an appeal was pending in his home country. November 9, 2004 @ 10:06 am | Comment. M Ravi seeks help for Singaporean drug offender facing execution in China. Malaysia and Singapore have long had automatic penalties for drug traffickers, Adams said. Contemplacion was found guilty by a Singapore court of murdering another maid and a three-year-old boy in 1991. Singapore’s approach to combating drug trafficking has traditionally entailed the use of capital punishment. Abd Helmi Ab Halim was sentenced to death in 2017 for transporting heroin from Malaysia to the city state. First published on Wed 20 May 2020 01.33 EDT. - Executions for drug offence stand at 84 percent of the total executions till date since 2014. Death row man's affidavit said decision to proceed with execution made prior to … Perceived problems > Illegal drugs : Problem people using or dealing drugs. ‘Cooperate or Die’ also reveals how death penalty reforms introduced in 2013, while reducing the number of […] More than 420 people have been executed since 1991, the majority for drug trafficking. 1646. The Singapore Prison Service publishes the number of executions carried out in its annual reports. Drug Trafficking Agreement Between the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and SINGAPORE Signed at Singapore November 3, 2000 . Chijioke Obioha, a 38-year-old Nigerian, has been executed in Singapore after being found guilty of drug trafficking, the local media reported on Friday. 1.5k. The caning procedure in Singapore requires the recipient to bend over the trestle. But he said there was no firm evidence that harsh measures like execution … Singapore authorities have taken another life with the execution of Ghanaian Bill Agbozo for transporting 1.63 kilograms of methamphetamine. Facing their last moments with a smile: The Chinese women about to be executed for drug smuggling. A 44-year-old Malaysian man, Syed Suhail bin Syed Zin, is set to be executed for drug trafficking in Singapore on Friday, and human rights and anti-death penalty advocates are crying foul, calling the country's resort to capital punishment "callous. Tang Hai Liang, 36, had been convicted of trafficking 89.55 grams (3.2 ounces) of pure heroin and Foong Chee Peng, 48, had been found guilty of dealing 40.23 grams of the same illegal drug. A 40-year-old Singapore father-of-three is facing death by lethal injection in Vietnam, in yet another case of citizens of the republic running afoul of drug laws abroad as authorities in the city-state defend tough punishments for such crimes at home. Drug Possession. Throughout his trial, Van claimed that he was carrying the drugs in a bid to pay off debts amounting to approximately A$20,000 to A$25,000 that he owed and to repay legal fees his twin brother Khoa (a former heroin addict) had incurred in defending drug-trafficking and other criminal charges including an attack on a Pacific Islander  youth with a katana. Under the MDA, there are three main types of drug offences: Drug trafficking. Yong Vui Kong had been arrested in 2007 with 47.27g of heroin at the age of 19, just a year over the minimum age for executions. Number of capital executions in Singapore 2011-2020, by crime committed Support for punishment for drug traffickers Singapore 2018, by type of punishment Further related statistics A high court in the US state of South Carolina has blocked two executions until the inmates are given the choice of death by electrocution or firing squad. Prabagaran Srivijayan was sentenced to death in 2012 for trafficking 22.24 grams (0.8 ounces) of heroin, but has consistently maintained his innocence. Since executions resumed in 2014, the authorities of Singapore have executed at least 11 people, including eight convicted of drug trafficking and three of murder. At dawn on September 18, the 44-year-old Syed Suhail Bin Syed Zin was scheduled to be executed by hanging at Singapore’s Changi Prison for drug … Singapore, which has warned against a global trend to ease drug laws, reported 13 executions in 2018 - 11 for drug offences. Anyone aged 18 or over convicted of carrying more than 15 grammes (0.5 ounce) of heroin faces mandatory execution … title: singapore: german woman accused of drug trafficking could face execution under singapore's strict anti-narcotics laws. URGENT ACTION. The court case revealed Van Nguyen had carried the heroin to … But Vui Kong wasn’t some unrepentant, hardened crime boss. The last reported execution in Singapore happened in March. An Australian drug runner has been put to death in Singapore. Halt executions during pandemic. Back… Malaysian executed in Singapore for drug trafficking. A 44-year-old Malaysian man, Syed Suhail bin Syed Zin, is set to be executed for drug trafficking in Singapore on Friday, and human rights and anti-death penalty advocates are crying foul, calling the country's resort to capital punishment "callous. 2) To chew gum is not a caneable offence in Singapore. Syed Suhail Syed Zin, now 44, was given the death penalty in 2016 for trafficking 38.84g of heroin in 2011. Singapore. Even in Singapore, which Trump has privately cited as an inspiration for the execution idea, the government lessened its draconian death penalty laws for aggravated drug trafficking, giving prosecutors the alternative of life imprisonment. Under the Misuse of Drugs Act, the burden of proof lies on the defendant, not on the … Executions in Malaysia. M'sian drug trafficker due to hang in S'pore on May 24 morning spared gallows at last minute. 1. 1,646. (Photo: STR/AFP via Getty Images) On 17 March 1995, Filipino domestic worker Flor Contemplacion, 42, was executed at the Changi Women’s Prison and Drug Rehabilitation Center in Singapore. Hanging is the oldest but most widely used method of execution in the world today. “The focus of drug-related crime prevention should involve strengthening the justice system and making it more effective.” “I urge the Singapore Government to halt the execution of Mr. Obioha and commute his death sentence, taking the important first step of re-instituting a moratorium on the use of the death penalty,” he added. Many foreign nationals awaiting execution come from countries with good relations with Beijing, demonstrating that – outside the West – China makes no exceptions for drug … The High Court yesterday dismissed a bid by a convicted Singaporean drug trafficker to delay his impending execution. Apart from the main camp there were about 40 sub-camps. November 17, 2005: Singapore will hang 25-year-old Australian drug smuggler Nguyen Tuong Van on December 2, despite numerous pleas by Canberra for clemency, his Australian lawyer Lex Lasry said. Ms Nguyen's son Van Nguyen was executed in 2005 after being convicted of carrying 400 grams of heroin through Changi Airport. Update: The court today granted a stay of execution pending Syed’s appeal, his lawyer announced at around 1:30pm.. From online petitions to a plea from rights group Human Rights Watch, the internet is rallying to save the life of convicted drug trafficker Syed Suhail bin Syed Zin, who is … Obioha was arrested with more than 2.6 kilograms of cannabis, surpassing the statutory amount of 500 grams presumed as drug trafficking in Singapore on April 9, 2007. South Carolina’s last execution took place in 2011, and its batch of lethal injection drugs expired two years later. The MDA contains Singapore’s law on drugs. According to Amnesty International, over the last two decades Singapore … All eight hangings in 2017 were for drug-related offences that year, and 11 of 13 hangings in 2018 were also for drug-related offences. Defense lawyer Peter Fernando said the Supreme Court announced the penalty to his client, Punithan Genasan from Malaysia, in a virtual hearing Friday. Archived. He was convicted and sentenced to death for allegedly trafficking in 16.56g of diamorphine on March 24, 2017. As far as harsh drug laws are concerned, Singapore has some of the toughest on the books. Singapore seemed to practice strict sex equality with the death penalty and hanged eleven women in the late 80’s and 90's. Back… Singapore, like much of Southeast Asia, has very draconian laws, particularly with respect to drug trafficking – for which, a conviction often leads to the death penalty. Between 1999 and 2014 Indonesia carried out only seven executions of drug traffickers, according to a tally by Australian media. His twin brother's loan had to be repaid by the end of 20… Six were executed for drug trafficking under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973/75 which made drug trafficking a capital offence and five were hanged for murder. The Government of Singapore has consistently argued that the use of the death penalty is not a question of human rights. The majority of executions in Singapore are for drug offences, including trafficking. After a hearing of almost 40 minutes, a three-man panel at the Court of Appeal chaired by Singapore’s Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon decided to grant a stay of execution, which effectively meant the execution scheduled the next day (May 24) would be suspended and deferred to enable Pannir Selvam to file his challenge against the clemency process. The nation was reminded last year of its turbulent past with the death of Singaporean drug baron Roland Tan Tong Meng, who co-founded Ah Kong, an organised crime and drug … Both Singapore and Malaysia, where the death penalty is also applied, defend capital punishment as a deterrent against drug trafficking, murder … Singapore sentenced a drug suspect to death at a court hearing held on the videoconferencing app Zoom because of the city-state's coronavirus lockdown, in a decision slammed by a human rights group as callous and inhumane. A Malaysian man on Singapore’s death row no longer faces execution after his conviction for drug trafficking was overturned yesterday following four years behind bars. By comparison, Canada executed 710 people between 1867 and 1962 before the death penalty was abolished in 1976. Amnesty International said it … Singapore’s highly repressive drug control law does not allow judges to take into consideration possible mitigating circumstances at sentencing , including drug dependence or other circumstances relevant to the case. TIL that in 2005 a man was executed in Singapore for possessing 1 kg of cannabis, due to Singapore's harsh drug laws. A court fight about the choice of drugs also could push back an execution date. Despite a pending appeal in Malaysia and concerns about the fairness of the trial, Singapore went ahead with the hanging of Prabagaran who had consistently maintained his innocence. Convicted Australian drug trafficker Van Tuong Nguyen was executed at Changi Prison in Singapore today. 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