Malaysian cleaning supervisor sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Singapore


Munusamy Ramarmurth was convicted by the High Court on Nov 10, 2021. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, Nov 14 (The Straits Times/ANN): A 39-year-old Malaysian cleaning supervisor who was caught with a bag of drugs in his motorcycle parked along Harbourfront Avenue has been sentenced to death for trafficking.

Munusamy Ramarmurth was convicted by the High Court last Wednesday (Nov 10) of being in possession of 6.3kg of a granular substance, which was found to contain 57.54g of heroin after analysis. The law provides for the death penalty if the amount of heroin trafficked is more than 15g.

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