A 79-year-old stateless man, who was convicted in June 2023 for trafficking 24.81g of heroin in January 2020, was hanged on Friday (Aug 7).Teo Yiu Kin Tee was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty following his conviction by Justice Philip Jeyaretnam on June 19, 2023.In a statement on Friday, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said Teo was accorded full due...
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Singapore hanged a 79-year-old man convicted of drug trafficking, raising the number of executions in the country to 16 in 2026, according to the authorities. The UN considers the death penalty for drug-related crimes incompatible with human dignity