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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='Singapore's strict for a reason': Former drug abusers share what will happen if the death penalty is abolished|website=AsiaOne|date=26 January 2024 }}</ref>
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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.
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