Singapore Executes Citizen for Cannabis Trafficking and Delivery Coordination

Singapore has executed Tangaraju Suppiah, a man convicted of drug trafficking, despite pleas from his family and activists for clemency. The 46-year-old had been convicted for abetting the trafficking of more than 1 kg of cannabis in 2013, double the threshold for the death penalty in the city-state. The United Nations Office for Human Rights had called for Singapore not to proceed with the execution and to "adopt a formal moratorium on executions for drug-related offences". British billionaire Richard Branson had also opposed the verdict.