2023-07-29 23:05:30
This Friday, July 28, Singapore hanged a woman convicted of trying to traffic about 30 grams of heroin, the first execution of a female prisoner in almost two decades. Human rights groups denounced the incident as a “grim milestone” for the city state and its notoriously harsh drug laws.
This is Saridewi Djamani, a 45-year-old Singaporean, who was executed this Friday in Changi prison, as confirmed by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) in an official statement issued hours after the woman was hanged.
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She was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty in 2018 after being convicted of possession of 31 grams of heroin.
“She was afforded due process under the law and was represented by a lawyer throughout the process,” the Central Narcotics Bureau said, adding that Singapore law allows the death penalty for trafficking more than 15 grams of heroin.
Saridewi is the first woman to be hanged in Singapore since 36-year-old hairdresser Yen May Woen in 2004, who was also sentenced to death for drug trafficking.
On the other hand, in April, another Singaporean, Tangaraju Suppiah, was executed for trafficking 1 kilo of marijuana that never passed through his hands. The authorities affirm that he had coordinated the sale from his mobile phone.
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Singapore is a country that still has quite strict laws and even worse, it is the only one that has a government with lismpi. Your government is adamant that capital punishment works to deter drug traffickers and maintain public safety.
Because of this whole situation, 15 people have been hanged in Singapore, including disabled and extragenerous men, since it resumed executions for drug convictions last year, in what activists say is a fast pace after ending a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.
“Capital punishment is used only for the most serious crimes, such as trafficking in significant quantities of drugs that cause very serious harm, not only to individual drug addicts, but also to their families and to society in general,” the CNB explained.
Finally, Adilur Rahman Khan, Secretary General of the France-based NGO International Federation for Human Rights, called Saridewi’s execution a “grim milestone” and again called on the Singapore government to stop the executions.
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Another fact, no less, is that Saridewi’s death was the second execution carried out in Singapore this week. This Wednesday, Mohd Aziz bin Hussain, 57, was executed for trafficking around 50 grams of heroin.
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