A man was hanged at Changi Prison in eastern Singapore at daybreak today for trafficking 1.5 kilogrammes of cannabis. He is the second cannabis trafficker to be executed at the prison in just three weeks.
The 37 yr old ethnic Malay Singaporean was hanged right now after a last-minute plea to stop the execution was rejected by the appeal courtroom and not utilizing a hearing.
In Expires , trafficking just 500 grammes of hashish is punishable by the dying penalty. The man executed today, whose name is withheld as a end result of his family’s wishes for privacy, was discovered guilty of trafficking thrice that amount in 2019.
He confessed to possessing a a lot smaller amount of hashish and tried to reopen the case based mostly on DNA proof that supported his confession. However, the enchantment was rejected by the court docket, based on Transformative Justice Collective, an NGO combating towards the death penalty in Singapore.
Just three weeks ago, Singapore ignored pleas from the United Nations to “urgently reconsider” hanging 46 year old Tangaraju Suppiah who was discovered guilty of trafficking 1 kilogramme of hashish. He was hanged at Changi Prison at dawn on April 26, 2023.
Activists additionally raised issues concerning the weak spot of the evidence used to convict Tangaraju in addition to that he was not given access to a Tamil interpreter. He was compelled to characterize himself at his final appeal as his household was unable to safe a lawyer for the listening to.
Richard Branson – founding father of Virgin – spoke out online to say that Singapore may be about to execute an harmless man because Tangaraju was “not anywhere near” the medicine on the time of his arrest. In response, Singapore’s Home Affairs Ministry mentioned Branson showed “disrespect for Singapore’s judges and our felony justice system with such allegations.”
Activist groups identified that cannabis is authorized in neighbouring Thailand, where anyone over 20 years previous can legally buy a kilogramme of hashish. Transformative Justice Collective said it was “illogical” that someone could presumably be executed for a substance being freely enjoyed, traded, and used medicinally in the same region..