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The law minister previously said: "Ultimately, the population of Singapore will have to decide whether they support capital punishment, or they don’t. What I can tell you is that today, there is ...
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 Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 is a statute of the Parliament of Singapore that enables authorities to prosecute offenders for crimes involving illegal drugs.The law is designed specifically to grant the Government of Singapore, through its agencies such as the Central Narcotics Bureau, enforcement powers to combat offences such as the trafficking, importation or exportation, possession, and ...
In 2022, Singapore ranked as the first safest country or area in the Global Law and Order Index. [3] It was also ranked third safest city in 2021 by the Economist Intelligence Unit, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and 24th safest out of 136 countries in the Global Organized Crime Index by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime .
Drug trafficking is commonly known in the country as a criminal offence punishable by hanging, which is enforced under Second Schedule of the Misuse of Drugs Act, [18] [19] any person importing, exporting, or found in possession of more than the threshold quantities of illegal drugs can a mandatory death sentence.
Singapore's law minister K Shanmugam, in light of prior accusations that Singapore was unfairly mistreating Malaysian drug traffickers (due to the increasing number of Malaysians being executed for drug trafficking), argued that there is no inequality in treating foreigners and locals under the law for drug trafficking. He said the majority of ...
Under the Misuse of Drugs Act in Singapore, methamphetamine is a Class A — Schedule I controlled drug. [27] Under the Section 17 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, any person who carries 250 or more grammes of the drug shall be presumed to possess them for the purpose of drug trafficking, [28] which is punishable by death. Unless authorized by the ...
Singapore police have arrested 10 foreigners for alleged money laundering and forgery offences, in a case involving about S$1 billion ($737 million) of cash, properties, luxury cars and other assets.