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Singapore executes another prisoner for trafficking cannabis, its second hanging in 3 weeks
- The 36-year-old Singaporean was convicted in 2019 of trafficking around 1.5kg of cannabis. His name was not revealed
- Thirteen death row inmates have now been hanged since Singapore resumed executions in March 2022 after a hiatus of more than two years
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Singapore on Wednesday hanged a man for trafficking drugs, authorities said, in the city state’s second execution in three weeks.
The man was convicted in 2019 of trafficking around 1.5kg (3.3 pounds) of cannabis, said Kokila Annamalai of local rights group Transformative Justice Collective.
Singapore has some of the world’s toughest anti-narcotics laws: trafficking more than 500 grams of cannabis can result in the death penalty.
“A 36-year-old Singaporean man had his capital sentence carried out today at Changi Prison Complex,” a spokesman for the city state’s prison service said.
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Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said in a separate statement that it would not release the name of the man to respect his family’s wish for privacy.
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