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Sachi Wagh, an activist from a local anti-death penalty advocacy group, the Transformative Justice Collective (TJC), Sachi Wagh reads messages of support from the public during a livestream vigil for death row inmate Tangaraju Suppiah at a private office in Singapore on April 26. Suppiah was executed on April 26 according to the local anti-death penalty advocacy group the Transformative Justice Collective (TJC), in the country’s first capital punishment carried out in the year. Tangaraju was convicted for abetting an attempt to traffic one kilogram of cannabis in 2013. The case has reignited debate in the city state on capital punishment amid concerns by activists on the fairness of his trial and conviction. Pic: EPA

Singapore on Wednesday hanged a prisoner convicted of conspiracy to smuggle one kilogramme of cannabis, authorities said, ignoring international calls for the city-state to abolish capital punishment.

Execution of Singaporean Tangaraju Suppiah will be carried out on 26 April at Changi prison, officials say.

The United Nations (UN) human rights experts hailed the government’s decision to revoke the mandatory death penalty for a range of serious crimes - FILEPIC

The Ipoh High Court today postponed its decision on a case of a trader charged with murdering a woman six years ago after allowing an application by the defence lawyer following the passing of a bill to abolish the death penalty in Malaysia by the Dewan Negara yesterday (April 11).

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Murder of e-hailing driver: Another policeman charged in Tawau

Under Syariah criminal law, the death penalty is provided for offences for which the Quran stipulates a punishment, for example adultery (zina) and retaliation (qisas). Picture for illustration purpose only.

Contractor Wong Shee Kay, 53, escaped the gallows after he was acquitted and discharged by the Johor Bahru High Court, today, of two charges of trafficking and possessing drugs, five years ago. - BERNAMA