Cannabis trafficking: Singapore executes second citizen in three weeks

In Singapore, a 37 years old man was hanged on charges of the trafficking of 1.5 kgs of cannabis to the country. Trafficking more than 500 grams of cannabis can result in a death penalty as per the country's stringent cannabis trafficking law.

After his last-minute attempt to reopen his case was turned down by the country's court without a hearing, The 37 years-old ethnic Malay Singaporean was hanged at Changi Prison on the island’s east coast at dawn on Wednesday. This is the second execution in three weeks in Singapore.

As per the Transformative Justice Collective, which campaigns for the abolition of the death penalty in Singapore said that the man was convicted in 2019 of trafficking 1.5 kgs of cannabis.

On April 26, a 46-years -old Tangaraju Suppiah was hanged for trafficking 1 Kg of cannabis. Even after filling last-minute clemency from his family and activists.
In the appeal, it was argued that the accused was not given proper legal counsel and was denied to a Tamil interpreter during questioning.

Singapore has created a lot of media attention in the past for its stringent cannabis trafficking laws. A year ago there were huge protests in the city-state after a Malaysian with a learning disability was hanged.

As there has been a lot of advocacy for abolishing the death penalty still a huge number of people are being still executed. As per a report by Harm Reduction International (HRI), there were at least 285 executions for the drugs last year double that of the previous year