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Death (x3) Nagaenthran a/l K. Dharmalingam (13 September 1988 – 27 April 2022) was a Malaysian drug trafficker who was convicted of trafficking 42.72 grams of heroin in April 2009 upon entering Singapore from Malaysia at Woodlands Checkpoint with a bundle of heroin strapped to his thigh. Nagaenthran confessed to committing the crime, but gave ...
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 ...
Changi Prison Complex, often known simply as Changi Prison, is a prison complex in the namesake district of Changi in the eastern part of Singapore. It is the oldest and largest prison in the country, covering an area of about 50 ha (120 acres). Opened in 1936, the prison has a rich history. Changi Prison was first built in 1936 by the British ...
Liu Thai Ker. Liu Thai Ker (simplified Chinese: 刘太格; traditional Chinese: 劉太格; pinyin: Liú Tàigé; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâu Thài-keh) (born 23 February 1938) [3] is an architect and a former master planner of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore. [4] Liu is Chairman of the Centre for Liveable Cities. [5]
Wong Weng Siu (Chinese: 黄婉秀; [a] pinyin: Huáng Wǎnxìu; c. 1939 – 27 July 1973), more commonly known as Mimi Wong, was a Singaporean bar hostess who became the first woman to be sentenced to death and executed for murder in Singapore since its independence. Wong was alleged to have murdered Ayako Watanabe, the wife of her Japanese ...
Death penalty. On 28 March 1983, 28-year-old housewife Soh Lee Lee (苏莉莉 Sū Lìlì) and her two young children, three-year-old Jeremy Yeong Yin Kit (杨英杰 Yáng Yīngjíe) and two-year-old Joyce Yeong Pei Ling (杨佩玲 Yáng Peìlíng), were brutally murdered inside their flat at Ang Mo Kio. Some of their possessions were stolen ...
e. The Supreme Court of Singaporeis a set of courts in Singapore, comprising the Court of Appealand the High Court. It hears both civil and criminal matters. The Court of Appeal hears both civil and criminal appealsfrom the High Court. The Court of Appeal may also decide a point of law reserved for its decision by the High Court, as well as any ...
On 17 March 1997, 26-year-old Jimmy Chua claimed trial to the charges of murder and attempted murder at the High Court.The presiding judge of the case was T. S. Sinnathuray, the same judge who passed the death sentence on notorious child killer Adrian Lim (and his two holy wives) back in 1983 and British serial killer John Martin Scripps back in 1995.