Singapore Hangs Man of Indian origin for drug trafficking charges even after protests from UN and several other countries

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Tangaraju Suppiah, aged 46 was accused of plotting to smuggle more than a Kilo of Cannabis from Malaysia

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UN made several requests to the Government to stop the execution as protests also emerged in the country as well

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Even though the accused was not caught with the contraband, the Singapore judicial authorities didn’t relent

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Entrepreneur, Richard Branson who happens to be an activist for abolishing death sentence expressed his shock

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Relatives of the Suppiah had also pleaded several times to the President of Singapore, Halimah Yacob for leniency

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Singapore’s anti-drug laws happened to be one of the strictest in the world with regard to contrabands

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The Singapore Government however defends their stand saying that the death sentence does act as a deterrent

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