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Drug Trafficker on Singapore Death Row Granted Clemency
Singapore granted clemency to Tristan Tan Yi Rui, marking the first death sentence commutation since 1998 due to exceptional case circumstances, officials said.
- Singapore granted clemency to Tristan Tan Yi Rui on Aug 14, on the Cabinet’s advice, commutating his death sentence to life imprisonment.
- Under the Constitution of Singapore, the President may grant pardons on the advice of the Cabinet, marking the first commutation since 1998.
- On Sept 27, 2018, Tan was arrested in Tampines by CNB officers who found at least 499g of a crystalline substance containing not less than 337.6g of methamphetamine.
- Under the clemency order dated Thursday, Tan’s death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, to commence from 27 September 2018, so he will now serve life imprisonment.
- Despite the methamphetamine trafficking threshold of more than 250 grams, the Cabinet advised clemency to reduce disparities among co-defendants.
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For the first time in almost 30 years, a man sentenced to death has been pardoned in Singapore.
·Germany
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Above all, the South East Asian city state rigorously intervenes against drug trafficking, and even death sentences are regularly executed, but now a convict is spared.
·Bonn, Germany
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The death penalty is still being carried out in Singapore, especially against drug trafficking, but now a convict is spared.
·Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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