1. The capital sentence of death imposed on Muhammad Salleh bin Hamid (“Salleh”) was carried out on 23 May 2025.
2. Salleh, a 37-year-old Singaporean, was convicted of abetment of trafficking in a controlled drug by instigating his co-offender to be in possession of not less than 325.81 grammes of methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking. The Misuse of Drugs Act provides for the death penalty if the amount of methamphetamine trafficked is more than 250 grammes. 325.81 grammes of methamphetamine is sufficient to feed the addiction of about 240 abusers for a week.
3. Salleh was accorded full due process under the law, and was represented by legal counsel during the trial and appeal:
a. Salleh was convicted and sentenced to capital punishment on 27 September 2019.
b. He appealed against his conviction and sentence, and the Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal on 23 November 2020.
4. Salleh’s petitions to the President for clemency were unsuccessful.
5. Capital punishment is imposed only for the most serious crimes, such as the trafficking of significant quantities of drugs which cause very serious harm, not just to individual drug abusers, but also to their families and the wider society.
Central Narcotics Bureau
23 May 2025
