Singapore Executes Convicted Drug Trafficker Amidst Controversy
Friday saw Singapore carry its second execution of the year, hanging a 45-year-old Singaporean man at Changi jail. The man had been found guilty of trafficking 36.93 grams (1.3 ounces), more than twice the 15 grams that warrants for the death sentence in Singapore. Emphasizing the strict anti-narcotics laws the city-state follows, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) confirmed the execution. …