Singapore has carried out its third execution for drug offences in a little over a week, hanging a 39-year-old citizen for trafficking 54 grams of heroin.
Mohamed Shalleh Abdul Latiff, an ethnic Malay who worked as a delivery driver, was hanged at Changi Prison after receiving due process, Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau said on Thursday.
The bureau said the seized amount of heroin was enough to supply more than 600 drug abusers for a week.
Mohamed Shalleh’s hanging comes only days after authorities in the city-state executed Saridewi Binte Djamani, 45, and Mohd Aziz bin Hussain, 57, for drug trafficking, prompting an outcry from the United Nations and human rights organisations.
Singapore, which is known for its harsh punishment of crime, has executed 16 people, including foreigners, for narcotics offences since ending a two-year pause on hangings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
