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
- AUGUST 8, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Singapore has promised Australia it will not hang a...
Singapore has promised Australia it will not hang a British businessman if he is extradited to the city state and convicted of a grisly double murder
- AUGUST 7, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A British businessman and his Singaporean assistant...
A British businessman and his Singaporean assistant wanted in Singapore in connection with a grisly double murder intend to fight extradition from Australia
- JUNE 30, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A new anti-drugs book, offers a rare glimpse of the...
A new anti-drugs book, offers a rare glimpse of the chilling end awaiting drug dealers
- JUNE 24, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Scot businessman Michael McCrae, 44, is wanted by authorities...
Scot businessman Michael McCrae, 44, is wanted by authorities in Singapore after the bodies of his chauffeur and a mystery woman were found in a luxury car
- JUNE 21, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A young German woman was sentenced to five years in...
A young German woman was sentenced to five years in a Singapore jail after pleading guilty to three drug charges
- APRIL 12, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment in Singapore has long been shrouded...
Capital punishment in Singapore has long been shrouded in silence, with little public debate about the issue and even less information on how the process is carried out
- APRIL 1, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Manager Chng Teo Heng, 45, businesswoman Agnes Ng Lei...
Manager Chng Teo Heng, 45, businesswoman Agnes Ng Lei Eng, 52, and freelance painter Ng Soon Teck, 44, were given life sentences for the August 2001 kidnapping for ransom of wealthy businessman Tay Teng Joo, 33In sentencing them to life imprisonment, High
- MARCH 28, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A 22-year-old German woman escaped the gallows after...
A 22-year-old German woman escaped the gallows after a Singapore court reduced the drug trafficking charge against her
- MARCH 15, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A 23-year-old German student faces the death penalty...
A 23-year-old German student faces the death penalty after Singapore charged her with trafficking controlled drugs in the city state
- MARCH 4, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The huge crowds which filled the courtroom during Anthony...
The huge crowds which filled the courtroom during Anthony Ler's murder trial were noticeably absent during his appeal
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A remand prisoner held his cellmate in an arm lock...
A remand prisoner held his cellmate in an arm lock and then smothered him because the youth had messed up their cell and refused to clean it up
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A Singapore court sentenced two Thai men to hang for...
A Singapore court sentenced two Thai men to hang for a gangland-style killing of a countryman who ran a vice den, court documents showed