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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.

The newlyweds, aged 23 and 24, were arrested by the Narcotics Crime Investigation Division team of the Hilir Perak District police headquarters at 12.30 pm today.

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

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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

The ministry's explanation was referring to a media report yesterday, which among others said that the SPDRM would be able to address the issue of human trafficking as well as expediate the entry of foreign workers into the country.