Singapore executed a 39-year-old man who was convicted of trafficking heroin, the city-state’s fifth hanging this year and the third in just over a week, authorities said on Thursday.
Mohamed Shalleh was sentenced to death for
possessing around 55 grams of heroin “for the purpose of trafficking” in 2019.
His punishment was carried out on Thursday,
the Central Narcotics Bureau said in a statement.
According to court documents, Mohamed Shalleh
worked as a delivery driver before his arrest in 2016. During his trial, he
claimed to have believed he was delivering contraband cigarettes for a friend
to whom he owed money.
He became the 16th prisoner sent to the
gallows since the government resumed executions in March 2022 after a two-year
pause during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The execution comes less than a week after
Singapore executed the first woman in nearly 20 years for drug trafficking
despite condemnation from rights groups.
Saridewi Binte, a 45-year-old Singaporean,
was executed on Friday for trafficking around 30 grams of heroin.
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