(CNN)Singapore executed two men in drug trafficking on Thursday from human rights activists fearing a "new wave" Ignored the plea of mercy. It hangs in the infamous Asian city-state with strict drug laws.
Singapore's Norashareebin Gous, 48, and Malaysian citizen Kalwant Singh, 31, have finished their sentence at Changi Prison on Thursday, Singapore Prison Services emailed CNN.
In a statement on Tuesday, Singapore officials said Norashary and Singh, who had been convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to death, had run out of legal charges.
According to the Central Narcotics Bureau, both men were sentenced to death in June 2016. Shin was convicted of possessing 60.15 grams (2.1 ounces) of heroin and smuggling 120.9 grams of drugs. Meanwhile, Nora Shari was convicted of soliciting a man to smuggle 120.9 grams of heroin.
In Singapore, trafficking a certain amount of a drug (for example, 15 grams (0.5 ounces) of heroin) requires a death sentence under the Drugs Control Act, but the law has recently been amended. .. Allows convicted persons to escape the death penalty in certain circumstances.
'Hurting Singapore's image'
Dalmarin Gum was arrested in 2009 for trafficking 42.7 grams (1.5 ounces) of heroin and was convicted and sentenced to death in 2010.
A Singapore court has dismissed several proceedings to overturn the execution of Dalmaringan. Dalmaringan argued that he should not be sentenced to death because he could not understand his actions.
The case brought the city's state zero-tolerance drug law under surveillance, along with human rights advocates who claimed that the forced death penalty for drug trafficking was an inhumane punishment.
Amnesty International's Deputy Director of Research, Emerlin Gil, called on Singapore on Thursday to impose an immediate moratorium on executions. "Singapore has re-executed those convicted of drug-related crimes in violation of international law and coldly ignored public protests," Gil said.