"Singaporean Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, had his capital sentence carried out today at Changi Prison Complex," a spokesman for the Singapore Prison Service told Agence France-Presse. The United Nations Human Rights Office had pressed Singapore earlier Tuesday to "urgently reconsider" the execution. Singaporean Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, was convicted of conspiracy to traffic 1,017.9 grams (35.9 ounces) of cannabis, twice the amount that merits the death sentence in the city-state. ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Asian financial hub has some of the world's toughest anti-drug laws, and insists the death penalty remains an effective deterrent against trafficking. These are the foods Tangaraju requested from Changi Prison authorities leading up to his scheduled execution on April 26.

Source: Ethiopian News April 26, 2023 20:00 UTC