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Singapore expected to hang man this week for smuggling 1KG Cannabis, in first execution in 6 months
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The South China Morning Post reports
- A man is expected to be hanged next week for abetting an attempt to smuggle 1kg of cannabis, which is ‘outrageous’, activists say
- Critics say Singapore’s death penalty has mostly snared low-level mules and done little to stop drug traffickers and organised syndicates
A Singaporean man is expected to be hanged next week for abetting an attempt to smuggle cannabis into the city state, in a resumption of executions after a half-year pause, activists said on Thursday.
The family of Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, was notified in a letter that he would be executed next Wednesday, anti-death penalty activist Kokila Annamalai said.
Tangaraju was detained in 2014 for drug consumption and failure to report for a drug test, according to another activist, Kirsten Han. He was later linked to two drug traffickers through a phone number used to coordinate the delivery of cannabis. The High Court found Tangaraju guilty of conspiring to traffic 1kg of cannabis and sentenced him to mandatory death in 2018, Han said.
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Sean Hocking
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