What would be the first execution of a prisoner in Singapore in 2 years has been postponed

The execution of a prisoner in Singapore scheduled for this Wednesday, which was to be the first in the city-state in the last two years, has been postponed, while activists warn of an overcrowding in the gallows that can lead to imminent hangings.

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Lawyers have requested a final hearing in the case of Singaporean Rosman bin Abdullah, accused of trafficking 57 grams of diamorphine (an opiate) in 2010 and sentenced to death for it.

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The prisoner’s mother was informed last week by the prison authorities that he would be executed this Wednesday, although it has finally been postponed until the hearing takes place in the coming days, says the local NGO Transformative Justice Collective.

(1/2) Read our infographics to learn more about Rosman bin Abdullah’s case. “Rosman argued that “he had no discretion or decision-making powers and was merely a conduct” in the drug transaction…”#SaveRosman #AbolishDeathPenalty pic.twitter.com/QkrPhbsx1U

— Transformative Justice Collective (@tjc_singapore) February 22, 2022

The case of Rosman bin Abdullah is similar to that of at least three other prisoners, whose execution dates – which in Singapore is applied by hanging – have recently been postponed.

Singapore has come under fire from numerous organisations, as well as the UN and the European Union, for its plans to resume executions after two years of paralysis, coinciding with the coronavirus pandemic.

The other three inmates who could face imminent execution are also accused of drug trafficking and await final hearings in the coming weeks.

One of them has a diagnosed intellectual disability, an argument used by his lawyers to stop the execution.

The independent media We The Citizens, led by the journalist and activist against the death penalty Kirsten Han, warns that there would be more than 50 men on the scaffold (the situation in the women’s prison is unknown) and that 20 have exhausted the resources laws to stop its execution.

The high occupancy on death row makes families fear, this medium points out, that the rate of hangings will intensify with the aim of reducing its saturation.

Singapore has one of the most punitive and draconian anti-drug laws in the world, while activists denounce that the executions do not contribute to the supposed goal of curbing drug use, which has grown for years on the prosperous island.

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Source: Elcomercio

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