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Singapore jail hanged Malaysian Drug traffic on Wednesday marked the second execution in two weeks and increased the number of execution in the city-state this year despite pressure to end the death sentence.
A Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Activist, Kirsten HeConfirmed that 38 -year -old Paneer Selvam Panthaman was killed in Changi Jail. Han, who lives with his family, said that he has collected cheese goods from jail.
Paneer was arrested in 2014 for 52 grams of heroin (about 1.8 ounces) and was sentenced to death in 2017. He was originally scheduled for execution in February, but got migration in execution due to pending legal matters.
The Malaysian police interviewed Paneer on 27 September when the lawyers said they provided information about those who had handed over drugs to him. It hoped that their execution would be re -postponed for a new investigation. But Malaysia’s Home Ministry said on Tuesday that Paneer did not give a new lead to the police to conduct further investigation.
His execution came after the court dismissed his final appeal and he failed to secure the pardon of the presidency. The activists said that it marked the second execution in two weeks in two weeks. It was above nine execution for the entire 2024.
More than 40 people live in the line of death in the city-state.
“It is uncertain that Singapore continues to execute more than cruelty in the name of Dath Penalty Advisor Chira Sangiyrozio of Amnesty International on Wednesday.” “Still there is no evidence that the death penalty has a unique preventive effect or has any effect on the use and availability of drugs.”
Strict drug laws in Singapore made death punishment for anyone caught to carry more than 15 grams of heroin or 500 grams of cannabis. Critics say that the law only targets low-level smugglers and couriers. But the government of Singapore saves it significantly for public safety.
Paneer’s family, his lawyers and groups of various rights noted that the Singapore court had found that it is only a courier that was transporting the substance. Paneer had said that he did not know that he was taking drugs. Nevertheless, the court had to hand over the death penalty, as the prosecutors refused to issue a certificate of existing aid to Paneer, helping them to investigate, which would have spared their lives, said.
The third of the six children, Paneer, was the son of a pastor of a church, who worked as a lorry driver, who finally worked to meet, the activists said. He loved music and grows up in a church band. In jail, Paneer wrote letters, songs and poems about the pain of death and the expectation of another occasion.
His family shared some of his songs, sung by many Malaysian singers.