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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 Singapore 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 ...
But Singapore imposes a mandatory death penalty for people convicted of supplying certain amounts of illicit drugs – 15 grams (half an ounce) of heroin, 30 grams of cocaine, 250 grams of ...
Penalties for drug offences such as trafficking in Singapore are severe, and include the death penalty. [ 2 ] In 2022, Singapore ranked as the first safest country or area in the Global Law and Order Index. [ 3 ]
Holding a zero-tolerance policy, Singapore regards drug-related offences as the “most serious crime”. The administration has oft said that the death penalty is a deterrent against drug ...
Cheuk and Tse were charged with drug trafficking and later sentenced to death on 14 January 1992. Cheuk Mei Mei and Tse Po Chung were both hanged at Changi Prison on the morning of 5 March 1994. Cheuk, who was 29 years old when she was hanged, was the first female to be executed in Singapore for drug trafficking. [273] [274]
Prisoners sentenced to death by Singapore (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Capital punishment in Singapore" The following 153 pages are in this category, out of 153 total.
The sentence was upgraded to a death penalty on an October 2018 appeal, but following two unsuccessful re-appeals, Gobi clarified the "willful blindness" and "presumption of knowledge" principles in Singapore's drug laws. In October 2020, the death penalty was overturned by the Court of Appeals, reversing back to his original 15-year imprisonment.