Singapore rebuts UN Human Rights Office comments on drug trafficker’s hanging

All persons sentenced to capital punishment in Singapore are accorded full due process under the law, said Singapore's Permanent Mission to the UN. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, April 30 (The Straits Times/ANN): All persons sentenced to capital punishment in Singapore are accorded full due process under the law, and capital punishment has helped to deter serious crimes, said the Permanent Mission of Singapore to the United Nations in Geneva in a statement on Friday.

It added that countries have the sovereign right to choose the approach that best suits their own circumstances, and Singapore will continue to implement evidence-based measures that have worked well for it in the fight against drugs.