Woman executed for drug trafficking

Singapore witnessed the execution of a woman for the first time in 19 years on Friday, marking the second death by hanging this week for individuals convicted of drug trafficking. Saridewi Djamani, aged 45, was condemned to death in 2018 for trafficking nearly 31 grams of pure heroin, a quantity the Central Narcotics Bureau stated could fuel the addiction of about 370 users for a week. Despite the clamor from activists to abolish capital punishment …

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