Singapore
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- June 3, 1959, amended in 1965
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Parliament
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, the head appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister, other judges appointed by the president on the recommendation of the chief justice
RELIGIONS
42.5% Buddhists, 14.9% Muslims, 8.5% Taoists, 4.8% Catholics, other
From the country
APRIL 20, 2026SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN EXECUTED FOR IMPORTING OVER 1KG OF CANNABIS
Convicted drug importer Omar Yacob Bamadhaj was hanged on April 16, 2026 for bringing 1,009.1g of cannabis into Singapore in July 2018.
- MARCH 12, 2026SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPOREANS’ SUPPORT FOR DEATH PENALTY IN DRUG TRAFFICKING CASES RISES TO 77PC, SAYS MINISTER
Public support in Singapore for the mandatory death penalty for serious drug trafficking offences has risen, the country’s Coordinating Minister for National Security K Shanmugam reportedly said on March 12, 2026.
FEBRUARY 14, 2026SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN MAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Malaysian man convicted of trafficking a significant quantity of heroin was executed in Singapore on Feb. 11, 2026, according to an official statement issued by the Singapore authorities.
JANUARY 12, 2026SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: TWO CONVICTED DRUG TRAFFICKERS EXECUTED
A 62-year-old and a 54-year-old, both Singaporeans, who were convicted of having in their possession controlled drugs for the purpose of trafficking, had their capital sentences carried out on 9 January 2026.
- DECEMBER 1, 2025SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE EXECUTES THREE MEN FOR DRUG OFFENCES OVER TWO DAYS
Singapore hanged three people for drug offences on 26 and 27 November 2025, bringing the total number of executions to 17 this year - the highest since 2003.
OCTOBER 8, 2025SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER HANGED IN 12TH EXECUTION THIS YEAR
Singapore’s prison hanged a Malaysian drug trafficker on October 8, 2025, marking the second execution in two weeks and raising the number of executions in the city-state to 12 this year despite pressure to abolish the death penalty.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2025SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE EXECUTES MALAYSIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER IN THE CITY-STATE’S 11TH EXECUTION OF THE YEAR
A Malaysian man was hanged in Singapore on September 25, 2025 for drug trafficking, raising the number of executions in the city-state to 11 this year despite renewed calls to abolish the death penalty.
- JUNE 17, 2025SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: DRUG TRAFFICKER, 58, AVOIDS DEATH PENALTY BY 0.01G, SENTENCED TO 31 YEARS’ JAIL
A 58-year-old man has been sentenced to 31 years’ jail in Singapore over drug trafficking offences that saw him avoid the death penalty by 0.01g, The Straits Times reported on June 12, 2025.
FEBRUARY 5, 2025SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: EX-POLICE OFFICER HANGED FOR DOUBLE MURDER
A former policeman who was convicted over the murder of two people in 2013 was executed in Singapore on February 5, 2025.
- JANUARY 25, 2025SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: MAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Singapore carried out on January 23, 2025 the hanging of a convicted drug trafficker.
NOVEMBER 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE - Iranian-Singaporean Masoud Rahimi Mehrzad executed on November 29
Arrested at 20 for 31 grams of diamorphine
- NOVEMBER 24, 2024SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE HANGS DRUG TRAFFICKER, THIRD SUCH EXECUTION IN A WEEK
Singapore has carried out its third hanging of a convicted drug trafficker in a week despite appeals for clemency from the United Nations.