Execution of Two Convicted Drug Traffickers - 15 October 2025

15 Oct 2025

1.    A 64-year-old and a 50-year-old, both Singaporean, who were convicted of having in their possession controlled drugs for the purpose of trafficking, had their capital sentence carried out on 15 October 2025.  

2.  They were accorded full due process under the law, and were represented by legal counsel during the trial and appeal. Their petitions to the President for clemency were unsuccessful.

3.    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
15 October 2025