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The 45-year-old Singaporean man was executed at Changi prison for trafficking 36.93 grams of pure heroin, more than twice the 15 grams that merits the death penalty in the strict city-state, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said.
World Day Against the Death Penalty is observed every Oct. 10, calling for countries still implementing capital punishment to abolish it, while raising awareness of the condition of death row convicts, many of whom experience injustice during the legal process leading to their verdict.
A recent report from Amnesty International suggests that Indonesia's revised Criminal Code is a step in the right direction toward abolishing capital punishment, even as the country’s justice system continues to hand down high numbers of death sentences.
Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, 34, had been convicted of smuggling at least 42 grams (1.48 oz) of heroin into Singapore, which has among the world's harshest narcotics laws. He was hanged on Wednesday morning, after multiple legal challenges and appeals for clemency on the grounds that he had an intellectual disability, failed.
