Singapore to execute woman on drugs charge for the first time in 20 years
A Singaporean woman is set to be executed after she was found guilty of trafficking 30g of heroin in 2018.
Saridewi Djamani, 45, will be the first woman executed in almost 20 years, according to human rights advocates.
Singapore has some of the toughest anti-drug laws, Djamani’s execution will come just three days after fellow Singaporean Mohd Aziz bin Hussain was executed on drug offences. Her death will mark the 15th since March 2022.
Under the laws, the death penalty can be applied to anyone trafficking more than 15g of heroin and more than 500g of cannabis.
Djamani is one of two women on death row in Singapore, according to the Transformative Justice Collective, a Singapore-based human rights group.
She will be the first woman executed by the city-state since hairdresser Yen May Woen in 2004, the group said. Yen was also convicted of drug trafficking.
