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
OCTOBER 28, 2014SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER ESCAPES DEATH PENALTY UNDER AMENDED LAWS
A 29-year-old Malaysian condemned to hang in 2009 for drug trafficking had his
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2014SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: DEATH PENALTY FOR MALAYSIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER
A 27-year-old Malaysian who had earlier been found guilty of bringing into Singapore 22.24g of
JULY 18, 2014SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: 2 CONVICTED DRUG TRAFFICKERS EXECUTED
Two Singaporeans, Tang Hai Liang, 36, and Foong Chee Peng, 48, had their death sentences carried out
- JULY 14, 2014SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Malaysian Devendran A/L Supramaniam, who imported 83.36g of diamorphine into Singapore was
Malaysian Devendran A/L Supramaniam, who imported 83.36g of diamorphine into Singapore was
- JULY 7, 2014SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
a Bill to amend the Radiation Protection Act was passed in Parliament allowing for the imposition
a Bill to amend the Radiation Protection Act was passed in Parliament allowing for the imposition
MAY 26, 2014SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: DRUG-TRAFFICKER ON DEATH ROW SPARED GALLOWS
A 42-year-old Singaporean who has spent more than four years on death row for drug trafficking was
MARCH 3, 2014SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: DRUG OFFENDER ON DEATH ROW GETS LIFE SENTENCE
A drug trafficker sentenced to death in Singapore was re-sentenced to life imprisonment, making him the
JANUARY 6, 2014SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: SECOND DRUG TRAFFICKER ON DEATH ROW ESCAPES GALLOWS
A 29-year-old Singaporean man today become the second drug trafficker on death row to be re-sentenced
- JANUARY 1, 2014SingaporeDEATH 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.
NOVEMBER 14, 2013SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE LIFTS DEATH PENALTY ON DRUG TRAFFICKER FOR FIRST TIME
Singapore lifted for the first time the death penalty given to a drug trafficker, commuting his sentence
NOVEMBER 12, 2013SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN WHO KILLED GIRLFRIEND ESCAPES DEATH SENTENCE
Six years after he was arrested in Singapore for murdering his Indonesian girlfriend, a Bangladeshi
- JULY 17, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN ESCAPES GALLOWS AFTER SINGAPORE LAW REFORM
A Malaysian convict has become the first person in Singapore to have a mandatory death