Singapore executes woman for drug offence

The capital punishment imposed on Saridewi Djamani was carried out early today, making her the second woman to be executed for a drug offence in the republic in almost two decades.

Saridewi’s fate had received a lot of foreign media attention and outcry from human rights groups who viewed the republic’s capital punishment as harsh and inhumane.

The 45-year-old Singaporean is also the second person to be executed this week after 56-year-old Mohd Aziz Hussain met the same...