Avast, me hearties! Singapore be hangin' a lass for heroin traffickin' after nigh on 19 years.
2023-07-28
Arrr, matey! In the year 2022, Singapore be bringin' back the hangin' business, and now they've gone and swung the pendulum on a lass for dealin' heroin! 'Tis been 19 years since they last saw such brutality. Ye better stay clear of that treacherous land, lest ye want a dance on the gallows!
Singapore has executed a woman for the first time in 19 years, adding to the city-state's recent string of hangings for convicted drug traffickers. Saridewi Djamani, sentenced to death in 2018 for trafficking nearly 31 grams of pure heroin, became the second person to be hanged within a week. The Central Narcotics Bureau described the amount of heroin as enough to feed the addiction of 370 abusers for a week. Despite calls from activists to end capital punishment for drug-related crimes, Singapore imposes the death penalty for anyone convicted of trafficking more than 500 grams of cannabis or 15 grams of heroin. Mohammed Aziz Hussain, who trafficked 50 grams of heroin, was executed two days prior, and another drug trafficker is set to be executed next week. Both Djamani and Hussain received due process, including the opportunity to appeal their conviction and sentence. Singapore has faced pressure from human rights groups, international activists, and the United Nations to abolish executions for drug offenses, but the authorities maintain that the death sentences are necessary to combat drug demand and supply. The upcoming execution is for a former delivery driver who was convicted of trafficking 50 grams of heroin in 2019. He claimed that he thought he was delivering contraband cigarettes and trusted his friend, but the court still determined him to be a courier. If his execution takes place, it would be Singapore's fifth this year. Since hangings resumed in March 2022, 15 people have been executed for drug offenses, averaging one per month.