Singapore’s drugs control bureau has reported that a guy who was given a death sentence for trafficking heroin was hanged. On Friday, August 2, the 45-year-old Singaporean was executed by hanging for possessing 36 kilogrammes of heroin.
The individual was convicted on February 15, 2019, and on November 25, 2019, the nation’s Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal. The president of Singapore denied his request for mercy. His family has requested that his identity remain undisclosed.
“He was convicted of having in his possession for the purpose of trafficking, four packets of granular substances that were analysed and found to contain not less than 36.93 grammes of diamorphine, or pure heroin,” the Central Narcotics Bureau stated in a release.
The harsh Misuse of Drugs Act in Singapore states that transporting more than 15 grams of diamorphine can result in a death sentence. The amount that the prisoner trafficked could have been used for a week by 440 addicts, according to the Narcotics Bureau.
Individuals who deal in more than 500 grams of cannabis may also be executed.
According to the agency, the guy who remained anonymous “was accorded full due process under the law, and was represented by legal counsel throughout the process.”
Singapore is well-known for hanging drug traffickers; the penalty was reinstated there in 2022 following a pause during the Covid epidemic.
Human rights organizations have condemned the nation for engaging in the practice of hanging people, which has resulted in two hangings in as many weeks.
A lady was executed on July 28 for narcotics offenses. In 2018, 45-year-old Saridewi Djamani received a death sentence for possessing 31 grams of heroin. In 19 years, this was the first woman to be hanged.
Since the death sentence for drug trafficking does not discourage similar crimes from happening in the future, international organizations like the UN had urged Singapore to abolish it. Many of the people who were hung were only drug couriers, driven by poverty to operate in this hazardous industry.
