Singapore Executes Tangaraju Suppiah for Cannabis Trafficking

Singapore has executed Tangaraju Suppiah, a man convicted of conspiring to traffic cannabis, despite pleas for clemency from his family, activists, and the United Nations. The country has some of the world's toughest anti-drug laws, which it argues are necessary to prevent drug crime. Activists have criticized the country's use of capital punishment and its limited legal access during prosecution. Singapore's stringent drug laws and use of capital punishment put it increasingly at odds with other countries in the region, activists say.