Singapore executes man for co-ordinating cannabis delivery

Campaigners condemned Tangaraju’s execution as ‘reprehensible’ (Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network via AP)

Singapore has executed a man accused of co-ordinating a cannabis delivery, despite pleas for clemency from his family and protests from activists that he was convicted on weak evidence.

Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, was sentenced to death in 2018 for abetting the trafficking of one kilogram of cannabis. Under Singapore laws, trafficking more than 500 grams of cannabis may result in the death penalty.