SINGAPORE, April 25 — The Singapore government criticised British billionaire Richard Branson today for saying authorities “may be about to kill an innocent man” over one...
SINGAPORE, April 25 — The Singapore government criticised British billionaire Richard Branson today for saying authorities “may be about to kill an innocent man” over one kilogramme of cannabis.
Branson, a member of the Geneva-based Global Commission on Drug Policy, urged Singapore on his blog yesterday to halt the execution, saying Tangaraju was “not anywhere near” the drugs at the time of his arrest.“This is patently untrue,” Singapore’s Home Affairs Ministry said in a statement, adding that Tangaraju’s guilt had been proven beyond reasonable doubt.
The Asian financial hub has some of the world’s toughest anti-narcotics laws and insists the death penalty remains an effective deterrent against trafficking.Singapore resumed executions in March 2022 after a hiatus of more than two years.
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