Singapore executes man over plot to smuggle 1kg of cannabis
by Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent, a from World news | The Guardian on (#6B5G5)
Tangaraju Suppiah was hanged despite international pleas to reconsider capital punishment for drugs offences
Singapore has hanged a prisoner for conspiracy to smuggle one kilogram of cannabis, authorities said, ignoring international protests and concerns that he lacked full access to a lawyer or interpreter.
The United Nations Human Rights Office had called for Singapore to urgently reconsider" the hanging and British tycoon Richard Branson had urged the city state halt it.
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