Singapore
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 4
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 7
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Capital crimes are: murder, treason, offenses against...
- News items in the archive
- 349
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Singapore is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 4 executions in the country, against 7 the year before. The archive holds 349 news items on Singapore, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The Singaporean government revealed it had dramatically...
The Singaporean government revealed it had dramatically escalated the use of the death penalty in 2003 with the execution rate roughly triple that of the previous three years
- AUGUST 10, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for...
The Thai Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Fang Kee Tun, a 46 year old Singaporean convicted of possessing 1
- JULY 15, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Soosainathan Dass Saminathan, 41, was sentenced to...
Soosainathan Dass Saminathan, 41, was sentenced to death for the murder of a six-month-old baby girl found in a rubbish chute in Hougang, Singapore, in 2002
- JUNE 20, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Mohamed Isnin Saleh, 33, Azman Ismail, 35, and Ruzaini...
Mohamed Isnin Saleh, 33, Azman Ismail, 35, and Ruzaini Ajis, 32, all Singaporeans, were executed by hanging
- MAY 21, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Tan Chun Seng, 28, had his death sentence for murder...
Tan Chun Seng, 28, had his death sentence for murder commuted to ten years imprisonment for culpable homicide by the Court of Appeals in Singapore
- MAY 21, 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
- 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
- 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