Thangaraj Suppia, 46, was hanged in Singapore on April 26 after being found guilty of conspiring to smuggle one kilogram of cannabis from Malaysia.. This was stated by a representative of the country's penitentiary service, reports Sky News..
Even before the execution, the sentence drew criticism from the UN Human Rights Office, as well as British businessman Richard Branson, who has long fought against the use of the death penalty..
It is known that Thangaraju Suppia was not caught with drugs, and prosecutors claimed in court that he coordinated the delivery of cannabis and provided phone tracking data as evidence..
“In the coming days, an innocent person could be killed in Singapore. The case is particularly shocking given that the defendant was not in the vicinity of these drugs at the time of his arrest,” Branson tweeted the day before..
On the day of stay, Singapore can force inocent man. Case is particularly shocking, given the defendant not anywhere near the drogs in question at the time of his arrest. Here's more about Tangaraju Suppiah's case: https://t. co/zMQ4owW4os pic. twitter. com/HMLe1WzF7m.
Posted by Richard Branson (@richardbranson) April 23, 2023.
“The continued use of the death penalty by the Singaporean government is an act of flagrant disregard for international human rights standards and a disgrace to the legitimacy of Singapore’s criminal justice system,” said the Asian Network Against the Death Penalty.
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Singapore's drug laws are among the harshest in the world - the death penalty could threaten those found guilty of trafficking over 500 grams of cannabis. Last year, 11 people were executed for drug-related crimes in the country.. The Singapore government maintains that the death penalty is necessary to protect its citizens and all those executed have received full due process of law..
Singapore is being pressured by human rights groups to abolish the death penalty, with the UN saying the practice is not an effective deterrent around the world and is inconsistent with international human rights law.
In January of this year, an Egyptian court sentenced to life imprisonment a Ukrainian woman who was detained at the Cairo airport with a bag of cocaine.. According to the Office of the Prosecutor General for 2021, in Ukraine the number of drug addicts increased by 10% annually, and the growth rate of drug addiction was “one of the highest in the world”.
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