Singapore hangs prisoner over 1kg of cannabis
Singapore hangs Tangaraju Suppiah on April 26, 2023 for conspiracy to smuggle 1kg of cannabis. – EPA pic, April 26, 2023.
SINGAPORE today hanged a prisoner convicted of conspiracy to smuggle 1kg of cannabis, authorities said, ignoring international calls for the city-state to abolish capital punishment. The execution took place despite a plea by the United Nations Human Rights Office for Singapore to “urgently reconsider” the hanging and calls by British tycoon Richard Branson to halt it.
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