SINGAPORE On Friday Hanged A Woman Convicted Of Attempting To Traffic An Ounce Of Heroin, The First Execution Of A Female Prisoner In Nearly Two Decades In What Human Rights Groups Decried As A “Grim Milestone” For The City State And Its Notoriously Harsh Anti-Drug Laws.
Saridewi Djamani, A 45-Year-Old Singaporean, Was Put
To Death On Friday In Changi Prison, The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) Said In
A Statement Issued Hours After The Hanging Took Place.
She Was Sentenced To The Mandatory Death Penalty In 2018
After Being Convicted Of Possessing 31 Grams Of Heroin.
Djamani's Execution Took Place During A Protest Against The
Sentence Where Human Rights Organizations Were Urging The Authorities In The
Country To Pardon The Woman Saying That The Death Penalty Is Cruel.
Singaporean Laws Allow The Death Penalty For Drug Traffickers
If They Are Found With Heroin Weighing More Than 15 Grams Where The Last Woman
To Be Hanged Before Djmani Was Hanged In 2004.
Singapore, Whose Passport Has Recently Been Announced As The
Most Powerful In The World, Is One Of The Countries That Governs Its Laws,
Except For Drugs, There Are Various Laws Including The Prohibition Of The Sale
And Chewing Of 'Chewing Gum' And The Prohibition Of Eating Or Drinking In
Public Transport.