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BAD NEWS: Singapore Just Executed By Hanging Nigerian For Drug Trafficking by SkytrendNews: 9:27am On Nov 18, 2016 |
Singapore on Friday executed two foreigners convicted of drug trafficking, authorities said, a day after the city-state’s highest court rejected final bids for both men to escape the gallows. The Nigerian and Malaysian were hanged after their last minute appeals were thrown out. “A 38-year-old male Nigerian national, Chijioke Stephen Obioha, had his death sentence carried out on 18 November 2016 at Changi Prison Complex,” the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said in a statement. Obioha, who came to Singapore hoping to be a footballer, was convicted of trafficking 2.6 kilograms of cannabis in 2008. Under Singapore law, anyone caught with more than 500 grams of cannabis can be sentenced to death. A change in the law in 2013 meant that Obioha could apply to be re-sentenced, opening up the possibility of a life sentence, but he turned it down, the CNB said. Just before he was to be hanged in 2015, Obioha’s lawyer filed for a stay in execution, which was allowed by Singapore’s highest court, marking the start of a legal rollercoaster which saw Obioha applying and withdrawing several legal options. On Thursday, his lawyers launched a final bid to have his sentence commuted to life in prison but were turned down by a three-judge court. Separately, the CNB also confirmed the execution of 31-year-old Malaysian Devendran Supramaniam, who was convicted of trafficking heroin. He was arrested in May 2011 at Singapore’s border checkpoint with Malaysia carrying 2.7 kilograms of a powdery substance that contained 83.36 grams of pure heroin. Like Obioha, Devendran launched an eleventh-hour appeal on Thursday to stay his execution, but was turned down. Singapore takes a strong stand against crime and imposes the death penalty on offences such as murder and drug trafficking. http://skytrendnews.com/2016/11/18/singapore-govt-hangs-nigerian-malaysian-trafficking-drugs/
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Re: BAD NEWS: Singapore Just Executed By Hanging Nigerian For Drug Trafficking by SkytrendNews: 9:27am On Nov 18, 2016 |
Re: BAD NEWS: Singapore Just Executed By Hanging Nigerian For Drug Trafficking by Elkay3: 9:37am On Nov 18, 2016 |
Is that really bad news? |
Re: BAD NEWS: Singapore Just Executed By Hanging Nigerian For Drug Trafficking by maryjan8(f): 9:58am On Nov 18, 2016 |
Bad news |
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