Tag: Drug trafficking
M Ravi seeks help for Singaporean drug offender facing execution in China
Singapore -- Lawyer M Ravi sought help from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Monday (Dec 14) regarding the case of a Singaporean...
9-year-old girl asks President Halimah for clemency for father on death row
Singapore—On Wednesday (Nov 4), the Transformative Justice Collective published a heartbreaking letter from a 9-year-old girl to President Halimah Yacob asking for clemency for...
No longer on death row: Conviction overturned for Malaysian found guilty of drug trafficking...
Singapore—After spending four years in jail and being given the death sentence in January by the High Court, a Malaysian national’s conviction for drug...
Reprieve for drug trafficking convict sentenced to die on Sept 18
Singapore—Last-minute efforts to halt the execution of a Malaysian national scheduled for execution on Friday (Sept 18) seem to have worked, at least for...
Four suspects who flew drugs via drone between Kranji and JB nabbed
SINGAPORE –The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), along with the Singapore Police Force (SPF), has reported that an arrest has been made of four suspects...
US court blocks resumption of federal executions
A US appeals court ruled on Monday that the government could not resume its use of capital punishment, in a setback for President Donald...
Australian love scam victim who faced death penalty in Malaysia freed
Kuala Lumpur—On Tuesday, November 26, a 55-year-old woman from Sydney had an earlier conviction for drug trafficking overturned at the Federal Court in Kuala...
Death row convict writes gut-wrenching letter to President Halimah
On October 10, Malay Mail published a letter to Singapore’s President Halimah Yacob from Pannir Selvam Pranthanam, a Malaysian national on death row for...
“Singapore is preparing for an execution binge” says M’sian rights group
Singapore — A Malaysian human rights group warned of a potential "execution binge" following the multiple rejected petitions for pardon in the previous month.
Lawyers...
Nigerian walks free after being on death row for 2 years in Singapore
Singapore — For one Nigerian in Singapore, the Court of Appeal verdict on May 27, Monday, must have brought immeasurable relief. After having been...