Singapore authorities hanged Yen May Woen, a 37 year...
Singapore authorities hanged Yen May Woen, a 37 year old woman convicted of heroin trafficking, in the city-state's first drug execution in 2004
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Singapore authorities hanged Yen May Woen, a 37 year old woman convicted of heroin trafficking, in the city-state's first drug execution in 2004.
Yen was executed at Changi Prison after a court sentenced her to death in 2003.
Yen was arrested in May 2002 after she was caught putting a black briefcase containing 120 packets of heroin weighing 950 grams into the trunk of a taxi.
After analysis, the packets were found to contain only 30 grams of pure heroin.
Yen was executed at Changi Prison after a court sentenced her to death in 2003.
Yen was arrested in May 2002 after she was caught putting a black briefcase containing 120 packets of heroin weighing 950 grams into the trunk of a taxi.
After analysis, the packets were found to contain only 30 grams of pure heroin.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Dow Jones International News, 19/03/2004)
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