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    Singapore executes first woman in nearly two decades for drug trafficking

    CNN — Singapore on Friday hanged a woman convicted of attempting to traffic an ounce of heroin, the first execution of a female prisoner in nearly two decades in what human rights groups decried as a “grim milestone” for the city state and its notoroiously harsh anti-drug laws.

    Saridewi Djamani, a 45-year-old Singaporean, was put to death on Friday in Changi Prison, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said in a statement issued hours after the hanging took place.

    She was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty in 2018 after being convicted of possessing 31 grams of heroin.

    “She was accorded full due process under the law and was represented by legal counsel throughout the process,” the CNB said, adding that Singapore’s laws permit the death penalty for trafficking anything above 15 grams of heroin.

    Saridewi is the first woman to be hanged in Singapore since hairdresser Yen May Woen, 36, in 2004, also convicted of drug trafficking.

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/27/asia/...hnk/index.html
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    Singapore issues yet another execution notice amid two hangings this week

    Anti-death penalty activists have revealed that the authorities have issued yet another execution notice – the third in the span of eight days – amid two hangings that took place this week.

    On Wednesday (July 26), 56-year-old Mohd Aziz bin Hussain was hanged by the state. Two days later, on Friday morning (July 28), 45-year-old Saridewi binte Djamani was executed. Both Singaporeans were convicted of trafficking heroin.

    Aside from being the first known execution of a woman in almost 20 years, Ms Saridewi’s hanging was the 15th execution for drug offences since 30 March 2022 – indicating an alarming average of an execution a month.

    There were many appeals from the loved ones of those on death row and calls for compassion by local and international activists.

    The Transformative Justice Collective (TJC), a local group advocating for criminal justice reform and the abolition of the death penalty, confirmed this week that another execution has already been scheduled for 3 August.

    The death row inmate, a Singaporean Malay man, previously worked as a delivery driver before his arrest in 2016. In 2019, he was convicted of trafficking approximately 50g of heroin.

    TJC has said that he received the mandatory death penalty despite maintaining throughout his trial and appeal that he believed he was delivering contraband cigarettes on behalf of a friend to whom he owed money. The prisoner claims he did not check the bag’s contents as he trusted his friend, who had promised to deduct from his debt if he completed the delivery.

    The court did not find his explanation convincing enough to rebut the presumption of knowledge. TJC said: “The judge ruled that he had failed, on a balance of probabilities, to rebut the presumption of knowledge.

    “This presumption clause in the Misuse of Drugs Act states that, if someone is found in possession of drugs, it is presumed that they knew the nature of the drugs unless they can convince the court that this presumption is more likely than not to be wrong.

    The latest execution notice has intensified the debate surrounding the country’s stance on capital punishment. The issue continues to draw national and international attention, with human rights activists around the world urging the Singapore government to reconsider its approach to justice and human rights.

    Concerned groups like the TJC, Amnesty International and other anti-death penalty coalitions in Asia, Australia and Europe have signed an open letter, strongly condemning Singapore’s continuous implementation of the death penalty and demanding an immediate moratorium on its use.

    The execution scheduled for next week will mark the fifth execution in Singapore this year alone if it proceeds as planned. /TISG

    https://theindependent.sg/singapore-...ngs-this-week/


    Here are the details of Mohamed Shalleh bin Abdul Latif's case.

    https://www.singaporelawwatch.sg/Por...0SGCA%2023.pdf
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    Singapore executes third prisoner in 2 weeks for drug trafficking

    By Eileen Ng
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    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Singapore hanged a third prisoner in two weeks on Thursday for drug trafficking despite calls for the city-state to halt capital punishment for drug-related crimes.

    The Central Narcotics Bureau said Mohamed Shalleh Abdul Latiff, a 39-year-old Singaporean, was executed at Singapore’s Changi Prison after being accorded due process under the law. He was sentenced to death for trafficking 54 grams (1.9 ounces) of heroin, an amount “sufficient to feed the addiction of about 640 abusers for a week,” it said in a statement.

    Transformative Justice Collective, an anti-death penalty advocate in Singapore, said Shalleh, an ethnic Malay, worked as a delivery driver before his arrest in 2016. He was sentenced in 2019 but his appeal was dismissed last year. The group said Shalleh had maintained in his trial that he believed he was delivering contraband cigarettes for a friend to whom he owed money, and he didn’t verify the contents of the bag as he trusted his friend.

    The High Court judge ruled that their ties weren’t close enough to warrant the kind of trust he claimed to have had for his friend. Although the court found he was merely a courier, Shalleh was given the mandatory death penalty because prosecutors didn’t issue him a certificate of having cooperated with them, it said.

    Singapore’s laws mandate the death penalty for anyone convicted of trafficking more than 500 grams (17.6 ounces) of cannabis and 15 grams (0.5 ounces) of heroin.

    Shalleh was the fifth person to be executed this year, and the 16th executed for drug offences since the city-state resumed hangings in March 2022, after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Two other citizens were executed last week: Saridewi Djamani, 45, who was the first woman to be hanged in 19 years on Friday, for trafficking about 31 grams (1 ounce) of heroin; and Mohammed Aziz Hussain, 56, hanged two days prior for trafficking around 50 grams (1.75 ounces) of heroin.

    Human rights groups, international activists and the United Nations have urged Singapore to halt executions for drug offenses and say there is increasing evidence it is ineffective as a deterrent. Singapore authorities insist capital punishment is important to halting drug demand and supply.

    Critics say Singapore’s harsh policy punishes low-level traffickers and couriers, who are typically recruited from marginalized groups with vulnerabilities. They say Singapore is also out of step with the trend of more countries moving away from capital punishment. Neighboring Thailand has legalized cannabis, while Malaysia ended the mandatory death penalty for serious crimes this year.

    https://apnews.com/article/singapore...90bd5c59e97d58

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