officials Singapore They executed a prisoner sentenced to death for drug offenses this FridayIt’s the fifth execution since the city-state resumed the practice at the end of March after the pandemic.
64-year-old Singaporean Nazeri Lajim—Singapore’s method of executing convicts—was hanged in Changi Prison early this morning. Kokila Annamalai, a campaigner against the death penalty, and lawyer Ravi Madasamy, who often represents lawful death row inmates, confirmed the execution on social media. Lajim, who has a long history of consumption and other drug crimes, was convicted in 2017. For the trade of 960 grams of heroin.
The deceased made a last-minute request to the court the day before to delay the execution, which was rejected by the magistrates. Singapore has one of the strictest laws on the planet against drug use and trafficking, punishable by the death penalty in many cases, which is not very transparent.
Activists warn that the current saturation on death row has led to a death. speeding up executions It resumed after two years due to the pandemic and with the execution of 68-year-old Singaporean Abdul Kahar bin Othman, who was convicted of drug trafficking on 30 March. On April 27, Singapore executed the 33-year-old Malaysian Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, convicted of drug trafficking, despite criticism from the international community and requests for a suspended sentence for this proven mentally retarded prisoner. Meanwhile, on July 7, authorities executed two more people: Malaysian Kalwant Singh, 31, and Norasharee Gous, 48, a Singaporean who was also convicted of drug offenses.