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[[Capital punishment]] in [[Singapore]] is a legal penalty. [[Capital punishment|Executions]] in Singapore are carried out by [[Hanging#Long drop|long drop hanging]],<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Singapore legislation |cap=68 |ed=1985}}</ref> and usually take place at dawn. Thirty-three offences—including [[murder]], [[Illegal drug trade|drug trafficking]], [[terrorism]], use of [[firearm]]s and [[kidnapping]]—warrant the death penalty under Singapore law.
In 2012, Singapore amended its laws to exempt some offences from the mandatory death sentence.<ref>{{cite news|last=Chen|first=Sharon|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-14/singapore-amends-death-penalty-law-to-exempt-some-offences-1-.html|title=Singapore Amends Death Penalty Law to Exempt Some Offences|website=Bloomberg|date=14 November 2012|access-date=26 August 2019}}</ref> In a
The most recent execution to be conducted in Singapore took place on
== Legislation ==
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Section 316 of the [[Criminal law of Singapore#Criminal Procedure Code|Criminal Procedure Code]] states that the death penalty in Singapore is to be conducted by hanging.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
Hangings always take place at dawn and are conducted by the [[Hanging#Long drop|long drop method]]. The Singapore government has affirmed its choice of execution by hanging in favour of [[Capital punishment|other methods]].<ref>{{cite news|url=
It is a normal practice for everyone present in the courtroom to stand and remain silent before the death sentence is passed.<ref>{{cite news|title=I witnessed the death sentence being passed|url=https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2015/04/21/i-witnessed-the-death-sentence-being-passed/|publisher=The Online Citizen|date=21 April 2015}}</ref> The judge will then proceed to announce the death sentence on the accused, who has been found guilty and convicted of the capital offence. The condemned will be given notice at least four days before execution. In the case of foreigners sentenced to death, their families and diplomatic missions or embassies will be given one to two weeks' notice.<ref name="The Singapore Government's Response To Amnesty International's Report">{{cite web
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Under Schedule 2 of the [[Misuse of Drugs Act (Singapore)|Misuse of Drugs Act]],<ref>{{Singapore legislation | cap=185 | ed=2001}}</ref><ref>[http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/non_version/cgi-bin/cgi_getdata.pl?actno=2008-REVED-185&segid=1207125305-001819 Second Schedule - Offences Punishable on Conviction]</ref> any person importing or exporting more than the following quantities of drugs receives a mandatory death sentence:
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* 30 grams of [[morphine]] (§5 and §7, (3)(b));
* 15 grams of [[diamorphine]] (heroin) (diamo (§5 and §7, (4)(b));
* 30 grams of [[cocaine]] (§5 and §7, (5)(b));
* 500 grams of [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] (§5 and §7, (6)(b));
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* 200 grams of [[cannabis resin]] (§5 and §7, (8)(b));
* 250 grams of [[methamphetamine]] (§5 and §7, (9)(b)).
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There were a few instances where in certain high-profile cases, the public would argue for the death penalty to be imposed on those who allegedly committed murder. In the case of [[Annie Ee Yu Lian]] who was abused and murdered by her two friends, some Singaporeans were angered at the cruelty displayed by the offenders and felt that the sentences (which were between 14 and 16 years) for grievous hurt were too light, which prompted them to petition for harsher punishments; some even demanded for the death penalty to be imposed on the couple.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://mothership.sg/2017/11/singaporean-couple-torture-intellectually-disabled-woman-death/ |title=1 day 10,000 signatures: Intellectually disabled woman tortured to death by couple sparks outrage |work=Mothership |location= Singapore |date=29 November 2017 |access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://theindependent.sg/netizens-call-for-justice-for-abused-and-killed-annie-ee-yu-lian/|title=The tragic death of intellectually disabled waitress Annie Ee Yu Lian|work=The Independent |location= Singapore |date=1 December 2017 |access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://mothership.sg/2017/12/annie-ee-yu-lian-killers/ |title=Why the couple who tortured intellectually disabled woman to death wasn't charged with murder |work=Mothership |location= Singapore |date=1 December 2017 |access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref> In another case regarding the death of four-year-old [[death of Mohamad Daniel Mohamad Nasser|Mohamad
Younger generations of Singaporeans tend to have a more liberal approach towards drug use. The government, in response, has introduced education programmes on the dangers of drugs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/youth-liberal-attitude-towards-drugs-1933351|title=Youths' lax mindset, liberal attitudes on drugs pose stiff challenge to S'pore authorities' zero tolerance stance|website=Today|date=26 June 2022|access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref> There were cases of ex-drug convicts who also advocated against the use of drugs; some even agree that the death penalty was effective. A former trafficker once stated that in the past, he would always make sure the measurement of his delivered drugs were below the minimum amount to avoid capital punishment.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/drugs-deterrence-and-death-penalties|title=Ex-trafficker recalls calculating drug quantities on him to avoid capital punishment|website=The Straits Times|date=20 June 2022|access-date=20 June 2022}}</ref> A female prisoner and drug convict also spoke up about the death penalty while being interviewed in prison, where she was serving 26 years' jail since 2014. She agreed to the relevance and effect of the death penalty in stopping people from selling and taking drugs, as she knew how drug trafficking caused damage to families and inflict sufferings especially to the children of drug addicts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/she-hopes-drug-sellers-will-think-about-impact-on-families-convicted-trafficker|title=Convicted trafficker hopes drug sellers will think about impact on families|website=The Straits Times|date=20 June 2022|access-date=20 June 2022}}</ref> Simon Khung, a social media influencer who eventually stopped taking drugs after the 2020 murder of his daughter [[death of Megan Khung|Megan Khung]] (who was allegedly killed by her mother),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sinchew.com.my/20211031/%E6%92%9E%E4%BA%A4%E8%AD%A6%E6%A1%88%E8%A2%AB%E6%8D%95%E4%B9%98%E5%AE%A2%E8%87%AA%E6%8F%AD-4%E5%B2%81%E5%A5%B3%E9%81%87%E5%AE%B3%E5%90%8E%E5%B7%B2%E6%94%B9%E8%BF%87%E4%B8%8D%E7%A2%B0%E6%AF%92/|title=撞交警案被捕乘客自揭-4岁女遇害后已改过不碰毒|work=Sin Chew Daily|date=31 October 2021}}</ref> told a newspaper in 2024 that he supported the death penalty for drug trafficking, as he felt that the drug situation in Singapore would grow worse in the absence of capital punishment and more people would become drug abusers and ruin their lives like he and the former abusers had in their pasts; Khung's stance was supported by other ex-abusers, and one of them, Bruce Mathieu (who overcame his drug addiction seven years prior), said that the death penalty had deterred him from resorting to drug smuggling.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/death-penalty-former-drug-abusers-simonboy-bruce-mathieu|title=
In the aftermath of several executions, there were discussions among the Singaporean public about the need for compassion for some death row inmates, owing to arguments that many death row inmates had come from low-income families or had drug addictions before ending up on death row. However, the public sentiments remained leaning towards capital punishment for drugs, owing to arguments concerning rampant rates of drug trafficking in the [[Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)|Golden Triangle]] in [[Southeast Asia]], the effectiveness of the death penalty in maintaining Singapore's low crime rate, and the impact drugs have had on the addicts and their families.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/singapores-death-penalty-room-compassion-151557061.html|title=Singapore's death penalty: Is there room for compassion?|website=Yahoo News|date=8 August 2022|access-date=10 August 2022}}</ref>
When 31-year-old Singaporean Shen Hanjie was sentenced to death for trafficking 34.94g of pure heroin in October 2022,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/death-penalty-for-heroin-trafficker-who-claimed-he-was-keeping-drugs-for-man-he-met-once|title=Death penalty for heroin trafficker who claimed he was keeping drugs for man he met once|date=27 October 2022|access-date=29 October 2022|newspaper=The Straits Times}}</ref> a huge majority of the netizens showed support for the death sentence in Shen's case, with some expressing sympathy for his family, especially his parents. Most of the supporters also stated that the death sentence should be deployed for drug crimes due to its strong deterrent effect.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://theindependent.sg/death-penalty-for-singaporean-heroin-trafficker-who-claimed-he-was-just-safekeeping-cannabis-for-a-man-he-met-once/|title=Death penalty for Singaporean heroin trafficker who claimed he was just safekeeping cannabis for a man he met once|date=29 October 2022|access-date=29 October 2022|newspaper=The Independent}}</ref> Shen's death sentence was subsequently upheld after he lost his appeal on 1 March 2024.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/shen-hanjie-death-penalty-traffic-heroin-thought-cannabis-4163016 |title=Singaporean loses appeal against death sentence for trafficking heroin he purportedly thought was cannabis|date=1 March 2024|newspaper=CNA}}</ref>
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Detailed statistics were not released by the [[government of Singapore|Singapore government]] between 2000 and 2006. Singapore's [[Prime Minister of Singapore|Prime Minister]] [[Goh Chok Tong]] told the [[BBC]] in September 2003 that he believed there were "in the region of about 70 to 80" hangings in 2003. Two days later he retracted his statement, saying the number was in fact ten.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 September 2003 |title=More people executed in Singapore |work=The Age |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |location=Melbourne |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/09/24/1064083055829.html |access-date=2007-12-30}}</ref> In total, at the end of 2003, 19 people were hanged.<ref name="Fewer"/>
While no information is issued on the race and ethnicity of death row inmates, it was noted in 2021, during an appeal from a number of Malay death row inmates who alleged racism on the part of the government, that there were a large number of Malays among those on death row, with only handfuls of other minority races. Between 2010 and 2021, Malays made up 66 of the 120 prosecuted for capital drug offences, with 76% of cases concluding with the death sentence. 50 out of 77 people sentenced to death between 2010 and 2021 were Malays, with a remaining 15 Indians, 10 Chinese and two from other races.<ref>{{cite news |date=31 August 2021 |title=Singapore Malay death row inmates file historic suit accusing govt of racial bias |website=Malaysia Now |url=https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2021/08/31/singapore-malay-death-row-inmates-file-historic-suit-accusing-govt-of-racial-bias/ |access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref> Since 2010, of all the 77 sentenced to death, there were 14 Malaysians being condemned to death row, with eleven of them ethnic Indians, two Malays and one Chinese.<ref>{{cite news |date=29 April 2022 |title=Five hanged in last decade, nine more in line: A look at Malaysians facing gallows in Singapore for drug offences |website=Malay Mail |url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/04/29/five-hanged-in-last-decade-nine-more-in-line-a-look-at-malaysians-facing-ga/2056200 |access-date=29 April 2022}}</ref>
Former chief executioner, Darshan Singh, who died from Covid 19 complications on 31 October 2021,<ref>{{Cite web |last=VIJAYAN |first=K. C. |title=Former prisons hangman Darshan Singh dies after Covid-19 infection, Latest Singapore News - The New Paper |url=https://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/former-prisons-hangman-darshan-singh-dies-after-covid-19-infection |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=www.tnp.sg |language=en}}</ref> stated that he had executed more than 850 people during his service, which began in 1959. When conducting the executions, he would use the phrase: "I am going to send you to a better place than this. God bless you." At one point, Singh executed 18 people on one day; these 18 people were among the 58 rioters who [[Pulau Senang prison riots|killed four prison officers]] while they were serving their jail terms in a [[Pulau Senang]] island prison in 1963. Singh also said that he has hanged seven people within 90 minutes; these seven men were the culprits of the 1971 [[Gold Bars triple murders]], in which a businessman and illegal gold trader was killed together with his driver and colleague over a total of 120 gold bars.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shadrake |first=Alan |date=28 October 2005 |title=Nguyen executioner revealed |work=The Australian |publisher=News Limited |location=Surry Hills, NSW, Australia |url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0%2C10117%2C17057851-2%2C00.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2007-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511151812/http://www.news.com.au/story/0%2C10117%2C17057851-2%2C00.html |archive-date=11 May 2008 |quote=Mr Singh joined the British colonial prison service in the mid-1950s after arriving from Malaysia. When the long-established British hangman Mr Seymour retired, Singh, then 27, volunteered for the job. He was attracted by the bonus payment for executions. Mr Singh is credited with being the only executioner in the world to single-handedly hang 18 men in one day -- three at a time. They had been convicted of murdering four prison officers during a riot on the penal island of Pulau Senang in 1963. He also hanged seven condemned men within 90 minutes a few years later. They had been convicted in what became known as the "gold bars murders", in which a merchant and two employees were killed during a robbery. One of the most controversial executions in his career was the 1991 hanging of a young Filipina maid, [[Flor Contemplacion]], who was convicted of the murder of a co-worker, Delia Maga, and her four-year-old son, on what many believed was shaky evidence. He carries out the executions wearing simple casual clothes, often just a T-shirt, shorts, sports shoes and knee-length socks. To mark his 500th hanging four years ago, four of his former colleagues turned up at his home to celebrate the event with a couple of bottles of Dom Perignon. Mr Singh boasts that he has never botched an execution. "Mr Seymour taught him just how long the drop should be according to weight and height and exactly where the knot should be placed at the back of the neck," his colleague said. "Death has always come instantaneously and painlessly. In that split second, at precisely 6 am, it's all over." }}</ref>
Executions peaked between 1994 and 1998; Singapore had the second highest per-capita execution rate in the world during this period, estimated by the [[United Nations]] to be 13.83 executions annually per one million people,<ref>{{Cite web |title=para 68 UNODC.org (page 18) |url=http://www.unodc.org/pdf/crime/10_commission/10e.pdf}}</ref> just behind [[Turkmenistan]] with 14.92. Since then, executions have become far less common, with some years having no executions at all. For example, no one was executed in 2012 and 2013, and two persons were executed in 2014. Nevertheless, in the late 2010s, the number of executions has started to increase again: in 2018, 13 people were executed, the most since at least 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Death Penalty in Singapore |url=https://www.deathpenaltyworldwide.org/country-search-post.cfm?country=Singapore |access-date=2018-12-27 |website=www.deathpenaltyworldwide.org}}</ref> and four people (including two unreported executions) were hanged in 2019. No one has been executed from the start of 2020 to August 2020, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore]]. The first person to be sentenced to death during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore was Punithan Genasan, a 37-year-old Malaysian who was also the first to be sentenced to death on 15 May 2020 via a remote court hearing on [[Zoom Video Communications|Zoom]].<ref>{{cite news|date=15 May 2020|title=Mastermind who recruited and gave instructions to drug couriers gets death penalty|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/mastermind-who-recruited-and-gave-instructions-to-drug-couriers-gets-death|website=The Straits Times|access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref> Punithan, who was convicted of drug trafficking, was later acquitted on 31 October 2022 upon appeal.<ref>{{cite news|date=31 October 2022|title=Man sentenced to death via Zoom for drug trafficking acquitted after appeal with new evidence|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/punithan-genasan-man-sentenced-death-zoom-drug-trafficking-acquitted-3034316|website=CNA|access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref> The first fully virtual court hearing of a capital case was made via [[Zoom Video Communications|Zoom]] on 23 April 2020, when the [[Court of Appeal of Singapore|Court of Appeal]] [[acquittal|acquitted]] 27-year-old Singaporean drug suspect [[Mohammad Azli Mohammad Salleh]] and dismissed both his drug charge and his death sentence.<ref>{{Cite news|date=23 April 2020|title=Man on death row for helping to traffic drugs acquitted in Court of Appeal's first fully virtual hearing|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/drug-trafficking-man-on-death-row-acquitted-court-of-appeal-766396|website=CNA|access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=23 April 2020|title=Apex court acquits man of drug trafficking, spares him from death penalty|url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/apex-court-acquits-man-drug-trafficking-spares-him-death-penalty|website=TODAY|access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref>
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In 2023, the first execution was carried out on 26 April 2023, when a 46-year-old Singaporean [[Tangaraju Suppiah]], who was convicted in 2018 of marijuana trafficking, was hanged at dawn.<ref>{{cite news |date= 20 April 2023 |title=Singapore to resume executions after 6-month break |website=AP News|url=https://apnews.com/article/singapore-death-penalty-drug-execution-a0d7c958cc1358602fc422c7a86dcb71 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date= 26 April 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65395390 |website=BBC |title=Tangaraju Suppiah: Singapore executes man for supplying cannabis }}</ref> On 16 May 2023, three weeks after Tangaraju was put to death, 37-year-old [[Muhammad Faizal Mohd Shariff]], a Singaporean who was found guilty in 2019 of trafficking 1.5 kg of marijuana was reported to have lost his final appeal to commute his sentence.<ref>{{cite news |date= 16 May 2023 |url=https://www.elitigation.sg/gd/s/2023_SGCA_15 |website=Supreme Court judgements|title=Muhammad Faizal Bin Mohd Shariff v Public Prosecutor }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date= 16 May 2023 |url=https://coconuts.co/singapore/news/yet-another-man-to-be-executed-this-week-in-singapore-for-cannabis-trafficking/ |website=Coconuts |title=Yet another man to be executed this week in Singapore for cannabis trafficking }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/death-penalty-execution-cannabis-drug-trafficker-appeal-application-dismissed-3491776 |title=Court of Appeal dismisses application by cannabis trafficker on death row|website=CNA|date=16 May 2023}}</ref> A day after losing his appeal, Muhammad Faizal was hanged at dawn on 17 May 2023, with the authorities confirming his execution despite not naming Muhammad Faizal out of consideration for his family's need for privacy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.barrons.com/news/singapore-executes-second-prisoner-in-three-weeks-e99a8777 |title=Singapore Executes Second Prisoner In Three Weeks |website=Barrons |date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date= 17 May 2023 |url=https://amp.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3220812/singapore-executes-2nd-prisoner-3-weeks-drugs-offences |website=South China Morning Post |title=Singapore executes another prisoner for trafficking cannabis – its second hanging in 3 weeks }}</ref> Two executions of a 56-year-old man and 45-year-old woman (both convicted of drug offences) were scheduled to take place on 26 July and 28 July 2023 respectively;<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/25/singapore-execute-woman-first-time-years-saridewi-djamani |title= Singapore to execute a woman for first time in almost 20 years|website=The Guardian |date=25 July 2023}}</ref> the female offender [[Saridewi Djamani]] was believed to be the first woman to be executed in 20 years, as the last known execution of a woman took place on 19 March 2004, when 37-year-old [[Yen May Woen]] was put to death for diamorphine trafficking.<ref>{{cite news |date= 24 July 2023 |url=https://mustsharenews.com/executions-singapore-woman/ |website=Must Share News |title=2 S'poreans To Be Executed For Drug Offences, Includes 1st Woman In 20 Years }}</ref> The 56-year-old male drug offender Mohd Aziz Hussain, as well as Saridewi, were both hanged as scheduled, becoming the third and fourth persons respectively to be executed in Singapore in the year of 2023.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.barrons.com/amp/news/singapore-hangs-14th-drug-convict-since-last-year-4a663cb4 |title=Singapore Hangs 14th Drug Convict Since Last Year |website=Barrons |date=26 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date= 28 July 2023 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/28/singapore-woman-execute-death-penalty-saridewi-djamani-executed |title=Singapore executes woman for first time in almost two decades|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/27/asia/singapore-female-prisoner-execution-saridewi-djamani-intl-hnk/index.html | title=Singapore executes first woman in nearly two decades for drug trafficking|date=28 July 2023|work=CNN }}</ref> On 3 August 2023, Singapore carried out the hanging of [[Mohamed Shalleh Abdul Latiff]], a 39-year-old Singaporean and former delivery driver found guilty of trafficking 54.04g of diamorphine in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/03/singapore-executes-man-mohamed-shalleh-adul-latiff-drugs-charges-heroin|title=Singapore executes man over drugs in third hanging in week|work=The Guardian|date=3 August 2023}}</ref>
[[Ahmed Salim (murderer)|Ahmed Salim]], who was found guilty of the murder of his former fiancée, was the first criminal hanged in Singapore in 2024. Prior to Ahmed's execution on 28 February 2024, the last judicial hanging for murder was carried out in 2019.<ref>{{cite news|date=28 February 2024|title=Man who killed ex-fiancee is first person to be executed for murder in Singapore since 2019|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/man-who-killed-ex-fiancee-is-first-person-to-be-executed-for-murder-in-singapore-since-2019|work=The Straits Times}}</ref>
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* 1973: [[Chow Kim Hoong]], a Malaysian-born [[statelessness|stateless person]] found guilty of the 1969 killing of his brother's fiancée and sentenced to death in July 1970. Chow managed to appeal for a re-trial but the death sentence was reinstated in November 1971. Chow was hanged on 3 August 1973.
* 1975: Andrew Chou Hock Guan, David Chou Hock Heng, Peter Lim Swee Guan, Alex Yau Hean Thye, Stephen Francis, Richard James, and Konesekaram Nagalingam, who were hanged on 28 February 1975 for the [[Gold Bars triple murders]].<ref>{{cite news|date=16 May 2016|title=Guilty As Charged: Seven who killed for 120 gold bars hanged|newspaper=The Straits Times|location=Singapore|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/guilty-as-charged-seven-who-killed-for-120-gold-bars-hanged|url-status=live|access-date=16 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516054911/http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/guilty-as-charged-seven-who-killed-for-120-gold-bars-hanged|archive-date=2016-05-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Tok |first=Cherylyn |title=Gold Bar Murders |url=http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1753_2011-02-14.html |publisher=National Library Board, Singapore |website=Infopedia |access-date=20 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313045835/http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1753_2011-02-14.html |archive-date=13 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=True Files S1|url=https://www.mewatch.sg/en/series/true-files-s1/ep2/366911 |website=meWATCH |access-date=2020-05-07}}</ref>
* 1975: [[Ismail bin U. K. Abdul Rahman]], a Singaporean labourer found guilty of murdering a one-armed man and sentenced to death. Ismail was hanged on 28 February 1975.
*1975: [[Chelliah Silvanathan]], a Hai Lok San gang member who was hanged on 11 April 1975 for the murder of a fellow gang member.
*1975: [[Lim Kim Huat]] and [[Neoh Bean Chye]], the two Malaysian gunmen found guilty of shooting and killing wine shop proprietor Chew Liew Tea and hanged on 27 June 1975.
*1975: [[Liew Ah Chiew]], a 19-year-old National Serviceman convicted of murdering his platoon commander Hor Koon Seng and hanged on 29 November 1975.
*1976: Pehn Kwan Jin, a Singaporean seaman who was found guilty of murdering [[Bras Basah coffeeshop murder|Tan Eng Kim]] and hanged on 16 April 1976.
*1976: K. Vijayan Krishnan, a Malaysian labourer who was hanged on 30 April 1976 for the 1973 [[murder of Ahora Murthi Krishnasamy]] at [[Kampong Kapor Constituency|Kampong Kapor]].
*1977: [[Nadarajah Govindasamy]], a transport company owner charged with the violent murder of his daughter's fiance Mohamed Azad Mohamed Hussein. Nadarajah was found guilty and given the death penalty in August 1975, and he was later put to death on 28 January 1977.
*1979: [[Visuvanathan Thillai Kannu]], a Malaysian labourer who was found guilty of murdering a road sweeper in 1976. Visuvanathan was hanged on 25 May 1979.
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*1982: [[Kalidass Sinnathamby Narayanasamy]], a lance corporal of the [[Singapore Armed Forces]] who molested and killed his seven-year-old niece. He was sentenced to hang for murder on 27 March 1980 and lost his appeal in May 1982, and sometime afterwards, he was executed.
* 1982: [[Haw Tua Tau]], a hawker who was found guilty of murdering Phoon Ah Leong and Hu Yuen Keng back in 1976. After losing his appeals, Haw was hanged sometime in 1982.
* 1983: [[Vadivelu Kathikesan murders|Vadivelu Kathikesan]], a Singaporean charged with the murders of two men between June and October 1979. Vadivelu was sentenced to hang in March 1982 for the October 1979 murder of cigarette stall owner Mohamed Dawood Abdul Jaffar, and he was hanged on an unknown date after the loss of his appeal in January 1983. His other charge of killing Abdul Rahiman Adnan in June 1979 was withdrawn after his conviction for the Mohamed Dawood murder.
* 1984: Ong Hwee Kuan, Ong Chin Hock and Yeo Ching Boon were hanged on 24 February 1984 for the robbery, kidnapping and murder of a policeman, [[Lee Kim Lai]], on 25 April 1978. The trio were also responsible for the murder of a taxi driver Chew Theng Hin on the same night Lee was killed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mewatch.sg/en/series/true-files-s1/ep9/366929|title=True Files S1|website=meWATCH|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/guilty-as-charged-three-friends-who-wanted-to-become-robbers-killed-2-men-to|date=15 May 2016 |title=Guilty As Charged: Three friends who wanted to become robbers killed 2 men to get a gun|website=The Straits Times|access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref>
*1986: Sim Min Teck, one of the three perpetrators of the 1980 [[Jurong fishing port murders]], which he committed when he was 18. He was sentenced to death for murder in March 1985 and lost his appeal in July 1986, before he was hanged.
* 1986: [[Ramu Annadavascan]], a lorry driver who used a gardening rake to assault a 45-year-old boilerman before burning him alive, was hanged on 19 September 1986.
*1986: Wong Foot Ling, who was hanged on 19 September 1986 for murdering his lover [[Murder of Khor Gek Hong|Khor Gek Hong]]
*1988: [[Lau Ah Kiang]], a jobless Singaporean who killed his adoptive niece Ong Ai Siok. He was sentenced to death in February 1986 and lost his appeal in January 1988 before he was hanged.
* 1988: Adrian Lim, Tan Mui Choo, and Hoe Kah Hong, the three perpetrators of the 1981 [[Toa Payoh ritual murders]], were hanged on 25 November 1988.
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*1990: [[Michael Tan Teow]] and [[Lim Beng Hai]], the two unemployed Singaporeans and drug abusers who killed a housewife and two children to steal their money to buy drugs. Before his execution however, Tan committed suicide in May 1990, therefore Lim was alone executed on 5 October 1990.
*1991: [[Chia Chee Yeen]], a National Serviceman and army lance corporal charged with shooting his army superior to death at an army camp in July 1987. Chia was sentenced to death for murder in May 1990, and he lost his appeal in September 1991. He had been since executed.
*1991: Tan Cheow Bock, who was sentenced to death in 1990 for the 1980 [[murder of Chia Chun Fong]]. Tan, who was arrested in 1987, was eventually hanged after the loss of his appeal in September 1991.
*1992: [[Hensley Anthony Neville]], an Eurasian Singaporean found guilty of the 1984 rape and murder of 19-year-old Lim Hwee Huang. He fled to Malaysia after killing Lim, but was caught in March 1987 and hanged on 28 August 1992 after a six-day trial hearing. He was also the suspect of an unsolved double killing at Malaysia.
* 1992: Vasavan Sathiadew and his two Thai accomplices - Phan Khenapin and Wan Pathong - were hanged on 23 October 1992 for the [[Murder of Frankie Tan|1984 murder of Frankie Tan]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=True Files S2 - EP6: Jealousy knows no limit |date=5 February 2016 |publisher=Channel 5 |via=meWATCH |url=https://www.mewatch.sg/en/series/true-files-s2/ep6/367411|access-date=2020-08-14}}</ref>
*1992: Tan Joo Cheng, who was found guilty of the 1987 [[murder of Lee Juay Heng]], and sentenced to hang in 1990. Tan was executed since the loss of his appeal in 1992.
*1993: Mohamed Bachu Miah and Mohamed Mahmuduzzaman Khan, the two Bangladeshi workers who were found guilty of murdering a compatriot [[Murder of Mohamed Shafiqul Islam|Mohamed Shafiqul Islam]] in 1988. Both Mohamed Bachu and Mahmuduzzaman were hanged on 23 July 1993.
*1993: 18-year-old [[Maksa Tohaiee]], a Singaporean cleaner, was charged with murdering 38-year-old [[Italians|Italian]] housewife Clementina Curci on 10 October 1990 and executed three years later on 26 November 1993.
*1993: [[Yap Biew Hian]], a Malaysian shipyard worker found guilty of killing his female tenant Wong Mee Hiong. Yap was sentenced to death on 10 March 1993 and lost his appeal in October 1993, and since then, he was hanged.
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* 1993: [[Ng Soo Hin]], a Singaporean carpenter who, at age 19, murdered both his 19-year-old girlfriend Foo Chin Chin and Foo’s 18-year-old best friend Ng Lee Kheng. Ng was sentenced to death on 26 May 1993 and lost his appeal on 3 December 1993, and since then, he was hanged.
* 1993: Loh Yoon Seong, a Malaysian fitter who was found guilty of murdering an Indonesian fish merchant [[murder of Nurdin Nguan Song|Nurdin Nguan Song]] in 1985, and after the end of his accomplice's manslaughter trial in June 1993, Loh was hanged in an unknown date.
* 1993: Ithinin Kamari, who was found guilty and sentenced to hang in 1992 for the 1989 [[Tanglin Halt double murders]]. Ithinin's appeal was dismissed in 1993, and he was hanged thereafter.
* 1994: Mazlan Maidun, a Singaporean who was hanged on 21 January 1994 for the 1988 [[murder of Yeu Lam Ching]] in [[Bukit Timah]].
*1994: Yeo Watt Song, a Singaporean who was convicted of the [[murder of Ho Hon Sing]], who was Yeo's childhood friend. He was hanged in March 1994.
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* 1995: [[Flor Contemplacion]], a Filipina domestic worker hanged on 17 March 1995 for murdering another Filipino domestic worker and a four-year-old boy.
* 1995: Chin Seow Noi, Chin's younger brother Chin Yaw Kim and Yaw Kim's friend Ng Kim Heng, the three Malaysians who were hanged on 31 March 1995 for the [[murder of Lim Lee Tin]] in January 1989.
* 1995: Kumar Nadison, Jabar Kadermastan and Chandran Gangatharan, the three Malaysians who were found guilty of murdering a ice factory worker [[Samynathan Pawathai]] during a revenge attack in 1985. The trio were hanged ten years later on 28 April 1995.
*1995: Oh Laye Koh, a Singaporean and former school bus driver who was hanged on 19 May 1995 for the 1989 [[murder of Liang Shan Shan]], a 17-year-old Malaysian schoolgirl. He was also the suspected killer of 18-year-old lounge waitress Norhayah binti Mohamed Ali back in 1982.
*1995: [[Jahabar Bagurudeen]], an Indian businessman who murdered his friend for allegedly being refused by the victim to share a prostitute. He was hanged on 2 June 1995.
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* 1996: [[Zainal Abidin Abdul Malik]], a 29-year-old Singaporean who used an axe to murder 47-year-old police officer [[Boo Tiang Huat]]. He was convicted for murder and hanged on 30 August 1996.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 September 1996|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19960902-1.2.47.4 |title=Trafficker, murderers hanged |newspaper=The Straits Times}}</ref>
* 1996: [[Teo Kim Hong]], a Singaporean national, hanged on 30 August 1996 for stabbing fellow prostitute and Malaysian Ching Bee Ing to death at the [[Teck Lim Road]] brothel they both worked for in 1995.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 August 1996|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newpaper19960831-1.2.29 |title=They paid for their crimes with their lives |newspaper=New Paper}}</ref>
* 1996: [[Thongbai Naklangdon]], a Thai welder who was found guilty of murdering his friend Suk Malasri in June 1995 and sentenced to death. Thongbai was hanged on 30 August 1996.
* 1997: [[Pracha Thanomnin]], a Thai illegal worker, was hanged on 10 January 1997 for the 1995 [[murder of Lee Kok Yin]], a 47-year-old taxi driver.<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 January 1997|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19970112-1.2.35.9|title=Man who murdered taxi-driver hanged|newspaper=The Straits Times}}</ref>
* 1997: Khampun Sriyotha and Samlee Prathumtree, the two Thai workers found guilty of murdering their fellow countryman [[Murder of Somwang Yapapha|Somwang Yapapha]] during a sledgehammer attack, and hanged on 4 July 1997.
* 1998: [[Mathavakannan Kalimuthu#May 1998 executions of Asogan and Selvar|Asogan Ramesh Ramachandren and Selvar Kumar Silvaras]] were hanged on 29 May 1998 for the 1996 murder of a gangster.
* 1998: [[Jimmy Chua Hwa Soon]], a former army sergeant who killed his sister-in-law and slashed his nephew. He was sentenced to death for murder in April 1997 and lost his appeal in February 1998.
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*2000 or 2001: [[Chan Choon Wai]], a Malaysian who was found guilty of murdering his girlfriend [[Koh Mew Chin]]. He was sentenced to hang in January 2000 and lost his appeal in May 2000. He was hanged either in late 2000 or early 2001.
* 2001: Julaiha Begum, her lover Loganatha Venkatesan and Venkatesan's friend Chandran Rajagopal, were hanged on 16 February 2001 for the murder of Julaiha's husband [[Murder of T. Maniam|T. Maniam]].
* 2001: Seah Kok Meng, a Singaporean found guilty of the 1999 [[murder of S. Salim Ahmad]], and sentenced to death in November 2000. Seah was hanged on 30 November 2001.
* 2002: Khwan-On Natthaphon, a Thai carpenter found guilty of the [[murder of Ong Huay Dee]], a 65-year-old taxi driver whom Khwan-On killed in June 2000. Khwan-On was hanged on 27 September 2002.
* 2002: Three men - Rosli bin Ahmat, Wan Kamil bin Mohamed Shafian, and Ibrahim bin Mohamed - were executed on 25 October 2002 for the August 2000 [[murders of Koh Ngiap Yong and Jahabar Sathick]] at Chestnut Avenue and Jalan Kukoh respectively.
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* 2003: Kanesan Ratnam, a prisoner who killed his cellmate [[Murder of Shankar Suppiahmaniam|Shankar Suppiahmaniam]] by strangulation at Queenstown Remand Prison. Kanesan, who was in remand for a charge of rape, was sentenced to death and later hanged on 10 January 2003.
* 2003: Dornchinnamat Yingyos, Thongthot Yordsa-Art and Seethong Phichet, three of the six Thai workers responsible for the [[murder of Saenphan Thawan]] back in June 2001. All three men were found guilty of murder and later put to death on 21 February 2003.
*2003: Arun Prakash Vaithilingam, an Indian ship electrician who was found guilty of murdering his roommate [[murder of Lourdusamy Lenin Selvanayagan|Lourdusamy Lenin Selvanayagan]], and hanged on 3 October 2003
* 2004: [[Jin Yugang]], a Chinese national and cleaner who was found guilty of murdering his roommate Wang Hong in 2002. Jin was hanged on 19 March 2004.
* 2004: [[Soosainathan Dass Saminathan]], a jobless Singaporean found guilty of murdering a six-month-old Indonesian baby girl after he raped her. He was hanged on 21 May 2004.
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* 2019: [[Micheal Anak Garing]], a Malaysian hanged on 22 March 2019 for the murder of a construction worker during [[2010 Kallang slashing|a series of armed robberies in 2010]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 March 2019 |title=Sarawakian Michael Garing executed at Changi Prison |website=Malay Mail|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/03/22/sarawakian-michael-garing-executed-at-changi-prison/1735306 |language=en |access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>
* 2020: Teo Ghim Heng, a former property agent who was sentenced to death for killing his wife and their daughter in 2017, which became known as the [[Woodlands double murders]].<ref>{{cite news |date=12 November 2020 |title=Woodlands double-murder: Ex-property agent convicted of strangling pregnant wife and daughter, gets death penalty |website=The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/woodlands-double-murder-ex-property-agent-convicted-of-both-charges-gets |access-date=21 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Public Prosecutor v Teo Ghim Heng |website=Singapore Law Watch |url=https://www.singaporelawwatch.sg/Portals/0/[2021]%20SGHC%2013.pdf |access-date=21 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=12 November 2020 |title=Woodlands murders: Man sentenced to death for killing pregnant wife and 4-year-old daughter |website=CNA |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/woodlands-murders-teo-ghim-heng-guilty-pregnant-wife-daughter-678131 |access-date=21 September 2021}}</ref>
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=== Drug trafficking cases ===
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* 2007: [[Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi]] and [[Okeke Nelson Malachy]], two Nigerians hanged on 26 January 2007 for smuggling diamorphine.
* 2017: [[Pannir Selvam Pranthaman]], a Malaysian on death row since 2017 for trafficking of heroin in 2014
* 2020: [[Roshdi Abdullah Altway]], a Singaporean convicted of trafficking 78.77g of diamorphine and sentenced to death in 2020. Roshdi was previously sentenced to hang in 1994 for the [[Roshdi Abdullah Altway#Murder of Inspector Rajab Mohamed (1993)|murder of a CNB inspector]] before he appealed and successfully reduced his death sentence to ten years' jail for manslaughter
* 2022: [[Abdul Kahar Othman]], a Singaporean who was executed on 30 March 2022 for trafficking 66.77g of diamorphine in 2010.
* 2022: [[Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam]], a Malaysian executed on 27 April 2022 at 6:00 am for trafficking of heroin in 2009
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* 1976: [[Sha Bakar Dawood]], a Singaporean national, hanged on 3 September 1976 for the use of a firearm with intent to cause injury, after shooting three people at a brothel and then opening fire on police at [[Geylang|Thiam Siew Avenue]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 September 1976|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19760903-1.2.82 |title=Bakar goes to gallows today |newspaper=The Straits Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Straits Times]]|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/guilty-as-charged-lim-ban-lim-was-most-wanted-gunman-in-singapore-and|title=Guilty As Charged: Lim Ban Lim was most wanted gunman in Singapore and Malaysia in 1960s|date=14 May 2016}}</ref>
* 1977: [[Talib bin Haji Hamzah]], a Singaporean national, hanged on 28 January 1977 for the use of a firearm with intent to cause injury, after being an accomplice to two jewellers shop robberies in 1974 during which firearms were discharged.<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 January 1977|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19770129-1.2.43 |title=Armed holdup gang man hanged |newspaper=The Straits Times}}</ref>
* 1979: [[Lee Keng Guan]], [[Wong Loke Fatt]] and [[Ho Joo Huat]], all Singaporean nationals, hanged on 11 May 1979 for the joint enterprise of the use of a firearm with intent to cause injury, after robbing businessman Low Meng How and then firing 2 bullets from a [[revolver]] at Low's nephew on [[Marine Parade|Amber Road]] in October 1974.<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 May 1979|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19790512-1.2.7 |title=Three robbers hanged |newspaper=The Straits Times}}</ref>
*1980: [[Chang Bock Eng]] and [[Tay Cher Kiang]], who were both given the death penalty in August 1977 for using a revolver during an armed robbery at a paint shop. Both Chang and Tay were hanged on 9 May 1980.<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 August 1977|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19770827-1.2.20 |title=Gun used in shop robbery: Two men get death penalty |newspaper=The Straits Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=10 May 1980 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/beritaharian19800510-1.2.66 |title=Dua lelaki jalani hukuman gantung di Changi
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