Singapore to hang two drug convicts, including first woman in 20 Years: Report

A 45-year-old woman convict who TJC identified as Saridewi Djamani is also set to be sent to the gallows on Friday.


          The rights group said two prisoners are Singaporeans and their families have received notice setting            the dates of their executions. (Representational image/Getty)

Two drug offenders in Singapore are scheduled to be executed this week, including the first woman to be hanged in almost 20 years, according to rights groups, who are also calling for an end to the executions.

A 56-year-old man found guilty of trafficking 50 grams (1.76 ounces) of heroin is set to be hung on Wednesday at Changi Prison in the Southeast Asian city-state, according to local rights group Transformative Justice Collective (TJC).

On Friday, a 45-year-old female convict who TJC named as Saridewi Djamani will also be hanged. In 2018, she received a death sentence for distributing about 30 grams of heroin.

According to TJC campaigner Kokila Annamalai, if the sentence is carried out, she would be the first woman to be executed in Singapore since the 36-year-old hairdresser Yen May Woen was hanged for narcotics trafficking in 2004.

The two convicts, according to TJC, are Singaporeans, and their families have been notified of the dates of their executions.

Prison officials have not responded to AFP's emails for confirmation.

Singapore has a death sentence for various crimes, such as some types of kidnapping and murder.

Additionally, it has some of the strictest anti-drug laws in the world, with the death sentence applicable for trafficking more than 500 grams of cannabis and 15 grams of heroin.

Since the government started hanging individuals again after a two-year suspension due to the avian influenza outbreak, at least 13 people have been executed by hanging.

Amnesty International, a rights organization, pleaded with Singapore on Tuesday to put an end to the upcoming executions.

Chiara Sangiorgio, an expert on the death sentence for Amnesty International, stated in a statement that it is "unconscionable" that authorities in Singapore continue to ruthlessly pursue additional executions in the name of drug control.

"There is no proof that the death penalty deters crime in a special way or that it has any bearing on drug usage and accessibility.

Sangiorgio continued, "While nations throughout the world abolish the death penalty and embrace drug policy reform, Singapore's authorities are doing neither.

Singapore maintains that the death penalty is a powerful deterrence to crime.






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