Capital punishment in Singapore: Difference between revisions

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 survey done in 2005 by ''[[The Straits Times]]'', 95% of Singaporeans believe that their country should retain the death penalty.<ref name="survey">Ho, Peng Kee, ''Singapore Parliamentary Reports'', 11th Parliament, Session 1, Volume 83, 23 October 2007.</ref> The support steadily fell throughout the years due to the increasing liberal opinions of society. Despite the decline, a large majority of the public remains supportive of the use of the death penalty, with more than 80% of Singaporeans believing that their country should retain the death penalty in 2021.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/death-penalty-majority-singapore-residents-support-shanmugam-2535331|title=Majority of Singapore residents still support death penalty in latest MHA survey: Shanmugam|website=CNA|date=3 March 2022|access-date=29 April 2022}}</ref>

 

 

== Legislation ==

 

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&nbsp;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>

 

===Foreign nationals===