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 16, 2022SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: COURT REJECTS APPEALS BY THREE MEN ON DEATH ROW
A Singapore court on 16 March 2022 rejected appeals by three men sentenced to death for drugs offences despite criticism from the United Nations and rights campaigners.
- MARCH 6, 2022SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS STILL SUPPORT DEATH PENALTY IN LATEST MHA SURVEY
The majority of Singapore residents still support the death penalty, Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said on 3 March 2022, citing preliminary findings from a survey conducted last year.
FEBRUARY 8, 2022SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN WHO DELIVERED BAG OF HEROIN GIVEN DEATH PENALTY, S'POREAN RECIPIENT GETS LIFE TERM
A Malaysian who rode his motorcycle into Singapore to deliver a bag containing more than 900g of a powdery substance was sentenced to death on 4 February 2022 for drug trafficking.
DECEMBER 6, 2021SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: APEX COURT DISMISSES APPEAL BY MALAYSIAN DRUG MULE
Malaysian drug mule Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, 34, who was granted a stay of execution two years ago in Singapore, failed in his appeal on 26 November 2021 to start a court challenge against his death sentence.
DECEMBER 1, 2021SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF TWO INDIAN-ORIGIN MEN CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING
Singapore’s highest court on 26 November 2021 upheld the death sentence of two Indian-origin men, who had been convicted of conspiring to traffic at least 1.34 kg of cannabis in March 2016, The Straits Times reported.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2021SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: SECOND MALAYSIAN-INDIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A 39-year-old Indian origin Malaysian who was caught with a bag of drugs in 2018 was sentenced to death on 17 November 2021 by a Singapore court for trafficking.
- NOVEMBER 9, 2021SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE SUSPENDS DISABLED MALAYSIAN’S EXECUTION AMID PLEAS
Singapore’s High Court on 8 November 2021 suspended the scheduled execution of a Malaysian man believed to be mentally disabled until an appeal is heard, amid pleas from the international community and rights groups.
OCTOBER 13, 2021SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN TO BE HANGED FOR BRINGING 1 KILOGRAM OF CANNABIS
Singapore's highest court on 12 October 2021 denied an appeal against a man's conviction and death sentence for allegedly smuggling cannabis weighing at least 1kg into the city-state from neighbouring Malaysia.
APRIL 19, 2021MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: NGO RELEASES SONG PENNED BY MALAYSIAN DEATH ROW INMATE TO SPREAD AWARENESS
A new Malaysian NGO, Sebaran Kasih has embarked on producing a song written by an inmate, Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, who is in the Changi Prison in Singapore awaiting execution, the New Straits Times reported on 17 April 2021.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2021AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA WON’T EXTRADITE S’PORE-BORN MURDER SUSPECT IF DEATH PENALTY AWAITS HIM
A man born in Singapore wanted in relation to a murder case nearly four decades ago is in jail in Australia, but the country’s Attorney-General’s Department has said he cannot be extradited if he faces the death penalty.
- DECEMBER 16, 2020SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: BANGLADESHI WORKER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING INDONESIAN MAID GIRLFRIEND IN GEYLANG HOTEL
A Bangladeshi worker was sentenced to death on 14 December 2020 in Singapore for murdering his domestic helper girlfriend in a Geylang hotel two years ago.
NOVEMBER 15, 2020SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PREGNANT WIFE, DAUGHTER
A former property agent was sentenced to death on 12 November 2020 after he was found guilty of murdering his pregnant wife and their four-year-old daughter.