A Malaysian man convicted of drug trafficking has been sentenced to hang in Singapore, according to court documents obtained by AFP Friday.
Dinesh Pillai Raja Retnam was handed the death penalty Thursday in the High Court, one week after his compatriot Yong Vui Kong exhausted all judicial avenues to escape the gallows for committing the same offence.
High Court Judge Chan Seng Onn said in his judgement that Dinesh was guilty of trafficking 19.35 grams (0.68 ounces) of heroin into Singapore.
Under Singapore's tough anti-narcotics laws, anyone found guilty of trafficking at least 15 grams of heroin will be sentenced to death which is carried out by hanging. More...
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