Execution of a convicted drug trafficker - 10 April 2025

1. The capital sentence of death imposed on Roshdi bin Abdullah Altway (“Roshdi”) was carried out on 10 April 2025.

2. Roshdi, a 65 year-old Singaporean, was convicted of having in his possession for the purpose of trafficking, not less than 78.77 grammes of diamorphine, or pure heroin. The Misuse of Drugs Act provides for the death penalty if the amount of diamorphine trafficked is more than 15 grammes. 78.77 grammes of diamorphine is sufficient to feed the addiction of about 940 abusers for a week.

3. Roshdi was accorded full due process under the law, and was represented by legal counsel during the trial and appeal:

   1. Roshdi was convicted and sentenced to death on 17 August 2020. 

   2. He appealed against his conviction and sentence, and the Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal on 11 November 2021.

4. Roshdi’s petition to the President for clemency was 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
10 April 2025