Singapore hangs 2 more prisoners, 10 executed in four months
5 Aug. AFP Two more prisoners convicted of drug smuggling were executed by hanging, said Abdul Rahim Shapi, 45, a former delivery driver. He was found guilty of carrying 39.87 grams of heroin and 49-year-old Aung Saw Ping, a co-accused in the same case. Convicted of carrying 51.69 grams of heroin.
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Singapore’s resumption of executions has fuelled rare debate within the closely-controlled city state over capital punishment
As a result, the number of people executed in the past four months (March 30) has risen to 10 amid international calls for Singapore to abolish the death penalty.
Kirsten Han, human rights campaigner expressed concern that This year, there may be more death row inmates. After celebrating Singapore’s National Day on August 9, the number of death row inmates this year may exceed 13 in 2018.
During an April 23, 2022, gathering near the Singaporean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, an activist protests the execution of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, who was sentenced to death for trafficking heroin into Singapore. Despite appeals, he was hanged Wednesday.
One of the prisoners on death row this year is 34-year-old Malaysian citizen NagaEnthran Dharlingam, a drug smuggler. In April drew criticism around the world because he is intellectually handicapped
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