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 26, 2006SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WIFE'S MURDER
a man was sentenced to death in Singapore for the murder of his wife after he suspected her of having extra-marital affairs. Khrishnasamy Naidu, 43, was found guilty of slashing Chitrabathy Narayanasamy, 39, to death at a Sony factory in May 2004.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. APPEALS COURT REJECTS APPLICATION TO OVERTURN DEATH SENTENCE OF 2 MEN
the Singapore Appeals Court rejected the application of two men to have their death sentence overturned.
- FEBRUARY 12, 2006SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. 96% OF SINGAPOREANS BACK THE DEATH PENALTY
a survey of 425 Singaporeans and permanent residents, aged 20 and older, showed that 96 per cent supported the death penalty. Most also wanted it to remain mandatory for the crimes of murder, drug trafficking, the use of firearms, acts of treason and kidn
- JANUARY 25, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. MALAYSIAN MAN TO HANG FOR CHINESE GIRL'S MURDER
Took Leng How, a 23-year-old Malaysian man, was set to be hanged in Singapore for murdering an eight-year-old mainland Chinese girl after loosing his appeal.
- JANUARY 23, 2006SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. MAN TO HANG FOR MURDER AFTER LOSING APPEAL
Vijayakumar Veeriah, a 24 year old man convicted of stabbing a close friend to death in Bukit Batok, Singapore, was due to hang after the Court of Appeal upheld his conviction for murdering Suthagar Raja Ram Thomas, 24, at their rented flat in September 2
- JANUARY 13, 2006SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. LAW SOCIETY TO GIVE DEATH PENALTY A FAIR AIRING
it was reported that an eight-man Law Society committee would study judicial and death penalty systems in countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong and India and compare it with Singapore's in order to prepare a report to be submi
- JANUARY 13, 2006SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. LAWYER TRIES TO SAVE DRUG CONVICTS ON DEATH ROW
M. Ravi, a Singapore lawyer and human rights activist, said he planned to campaign against the execution of two convicted heroin traffickers.
- JANUARY 1, 2006SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, offences against the President, illegal possession of arms, kidnapping and causing an innocent person to be executed by bearing false witness.
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, offences against the President, illegal possession of arms, kidnapping and causing an innocent person to be executed by bearing false witness.
- DECEMBER 2, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. SINGAPORE HANGS AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL NGUYEN, THOUSANDS MOURN
Singapore executed Australian national Nguyen Tuong Van just before dawn despite repeated pleas by Australia's government for clemency.
- DECEMBER 2, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. MALAYSIA BACKS SINGAPORE DECISION TO EXECUTE AUSTRALIAN
Malaysia's Foreign Minister supported Singapore's decision to execute Australian heroin trafficker Nguyen Tuong Van, saying the death penalty was a necessary legal deterrent.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL NGUYEN 'READY TO DIE'
Nguyen Tuong Van, an Australian heroin trafficker on death row in Singapore still had his sense of humor just days before his scheduled execution on December 2, his lawyer said.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. AUTHORITIES SAY HANGMAN NOT SACKED
Singapore's prison authorities denied the city-state's chief executioner Darshan Singh had been sacked.