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Singapore is executing two drug traffickers despite seeking forgiveness

(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.

Their executions hanged a man with intellectual disabilities for drug trafficking, which is controversial in Singapore.This year, the state's death sentence After making the total number 4, you will be sentenced to death in just two months.

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.

Both men have been on death row for the past six years, while many activists seek amnesty. Amnesty International Malaysia said in astatement earlier this week that the two executions in Singapore "seem to be part of a new wave."

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'

In April, Singapore was evaluated by psychologists and caused an international protest, a Malaysian citizen. Nagentran K. Dalmarin Gum (34 years old) was executed. Intellectually disabled, IQ 69.

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.

Activists say that strict drug laws in many Southeast Asian countries, including Singapore, did little to stopbillions of dollars of illegal drug trafficking in the region.
"Singapore's tenacity in maintaining and using the death penalty only leads to global criticism and undermines Singapore's image as a developed country dominated by the rule of law." The Anti-Death Penalty Asian Networksaid in a statement on June 30.