Policemen are seen at the Shangri-La Hotel during the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on May 31, 2024. United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun are expected to meet in person for the first time at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue, which starts in Singapore on May 31, as tensions over Taiwan and the South China Sea escalate. - Photo: AFP file
SINGAPORE: Singapore on Friday (Aug 2) hanged a convicted drug trafficker, authorities said, in the city-state's second execution this year.
The 45-year-old Singaporean man was executed at Changi prison for trafficking 36.93 grams of pure heroin, more than twice the 15 grams that merits the death penalty in the strict city-state, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said.
