Singapore has right to use death penalty against drug offenders: MHA, MinLaw respond to Malaysian minister

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SINGAPORE - Singapore has the sovereign right to use the death penalty against drug offenders and expects other countries to respect its laws, said the Republic's Law and Home Affairs Ministries in a joint statement on Friday (Nov 22).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE - Singapore has the sovereign right to use the death penalty against drug offenders and expects other countries to respect its laws, said the Republic's Law and Home Affairs Ministries in a joint statement on Friday .

He had trafficked pure heroin enough to feed the addiction of nearly 200 abusers for a week, the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Law said. He was accorded full due process under the law, and was represented by legal counsel throughout the process, they added. "In this way, Malaysia can do more to help save the lives of Malaysians who would otherwise become drug traffickers, trafficking drugs into Singapore. Such drug traffickers, by peddling drugs, bring death and misery, and destroy thousands of lives in Singapore."

 

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