Singapore plans to execute man over 1kg of cannabisAFP, SINGAPOREA Singaporean man is scheduled to be hanged next week for conspiring to smuggle 1kg of cannabis in the city-state’s first execution in six months, rights groups said. Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, would be executed on Wednesday, according to a notice from the Singapore Prison Service that was received by his family and posted on social media by rights advocates. Amnesty International condemned the decision, calling it “extremely cruel.”Protesters hold candles during a candlelight vigil against the death penalty in Singapore on April 26 last year. Photo: EPA-EFE“If carried out, this execution would be in violation of international law and in stubborn defiance of continued outcry over Singapore’s use of the death penalty,” an Amnesty spokesperson said. The city-state has some of the world’s toughest laws against the use and sale of narcotics, saying that the death penalty remains an effective deterrent against trafficking.
