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
- MARCH 20, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Yen May Woen, 36, who was caught in Singapore on 8...
Yen May Woen, 36, who was caught in Singapore on 8 May 2002 with 120 sachets of heroin in a black sling bag, was sentenced to death for drug trafficking
- FEBRUARY 16, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Five Singaporeans are languishing on death row in Myanmar...
Five Singaporeans are languishing on death row in Myanmar for trying to smuggle 11 kg of heroin out of the country
- FEBRUARY 1, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
February: Tan Chun Seng, 28, was sentenced to death...
February: Tan Chun Seng, 28, was sentenced to death by the High Court in Singapore for murdering a 44 year old deaf and mute man following an argument
- JANUARY 10, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Remand prisoner Kanesan Ratnam was hanged at approximately...
Remand prisoner Kanesan Ratnam was hanged at approximately 6 am in Changi Prison
- DECEMBER 20, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Norazmi Bin Morsit and Abdul Malik Bin Abdul Jamil...
Norazmi Bin Morsit and Abdul Malik Bin Abdul Jamil were hanged for drug trafficking
- DECEMBER 13, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Anthony Ler was hanged at dawn on in Changi Prison
Anthony Ler was hanged at dawn on in Changi Prison
- DECEMBER 13, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Anthony Ler was hanged at dawn in Changi Prison
Anthony Ler was hanged at dawn in Changi Prison
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Magistrate Lisa Hannan has ordered the extradition...
Magistrate Lisa Hannan has ordered the extradition to Singapore of a British businessman, Michael McCrea, accused of a grisly double murder and ordered him to remain in custody pending receipt of a Singaporean surrender warrant
- OCTOBER 25, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Wan Kamil Mohamed Shafian, Ibrahim Mohamed and Rosli...
Wan Kamil Mohamed Shafian, Ibrahim Mohamed and Rosli Ahmat were hanged
- OCTOBER 25, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Syed Abdul Mutalip and Roetikno Shariff were hanged...
Syed Abdul Mutalip and Roetikno Shariff were hanged for drug trafficking
- OCTOBER 25, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Wan Kamil Mohamed Shafian, Ibrahim Mohamed and Rosli...
Wan Kamil Mohamed Shafian, Ibrahim Mohamed and Rosli Ahmat were hanged on October 25, 2002
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian maid, identified as Sundarti Supriyanto,...
An Indonesian maid, identified as Sundarti Supriyanto, 23, from the East Java district of Magetan, is facing the death penalty in Singapore on charges of murdering two Singaporeans and committing arson in the island state