Rosman Abdullah’s execution was the eighth this year in the city state, seven for drug trafficking and one for murder.

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Singapore executes third drug trafficker in a week as UN urges end to hangings

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Southeast Asian city-state is among a handful of countries that impose the death penalty for drug offences.

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Singapore hangs drug trafficker, third such execution in a week

SINGAPORE — Singapore on Friday hanged a 55-year-old man for drug trafficking, its narcotics enforcement agency said, the city-state’s third execution in a week as the United Nations called for a halt. The UN and rights groups say capital punishment has no proven deterrent effect and have called for it to be abolished, but Singaporean […]...Keep on reading: Singapore hangs third drug trafficker in a week

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Singapore hangs third drug trafficker in a week

The island republic insists capital punishment helps make it one of Asia’s safest countries, as the UN calls for a halt.

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Singapore hangs third drug trafficker in a week

Singapore has carried out its third hanging of a convicted drug trafficker in a week despite appeals for clemency from the United Nations. Rosman Abdullah, 55, was executed for trafficking 57.43 grams of heroin into the Southeast Asian city-state, Singapore’s drug enforcement agency said on Friday. Rosman, a Singaporean, was “accorded full due process under the law, and was represented by legal counsel throughout the process,” the Central Narcot…

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SINGAPORE (AFP) – Singapore on Friday hanged a 55-year-old man for drug trafficking, its narcotics enforcement agency said, the city-state’s third execution in a week. The UN and rights groups say capital punishment has no proven deterrent effect and have called for it to be abolished, but Singaporean officials insist it has helped make the […]

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Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) announced on Friday the execution of Rosman bin Abdullah, an individual convicted of drug trafficking. Rosman’s execution is the third in the country in less than two weeks, as the CNB reported the execution of two other individuals convicted of drug possession last Friday. Under Singaporean law, death penalties are administered by hanging. Rosman’s execution came despite an international appeal for Sin…

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Singapore hangs third prisoner convicted of drug trafficking amid international concern

Singapore on Friday hanged a 55-year-old man for drug trafficking, its narcotics enforcement agency said, the city-state’s third execution in a week as the United Nations called for a halt. The UN and rights groups say capital punishment has no proven deterrent effect and have called for it to be abolished, but Singaporean officials insist it has helped make the country one of Asia’s safest.  Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said the d…

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Southeast Asian city-state is among a handful of countries that impose the death penalty for drug offences.Singapore has carried out its third hanging of a convicted drug trafficker in a week despite appeals for clemency from the United Nations. Rosman Abdullah, 55, was executed for trafficking 57.43 grams of heroin

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