On July 28, 2023 the Singapore law enforcement authority hanged 45-year-old Saridewi Binte Djamani following a “drug trafficking” charge. She was found possessing a little over 30 grams of heroin back in 2018.
The decision makes the first time the Lion City executes a woman in almost 20 years, following 36-year-old Yen May Woen who was hanged in 2004 under the same charge, activists found.
But drug-related offenses have instigated other executions closer in time, as shown in a May execution on cannabis-trafficking grounds. And, just this week, 57-year-old citizen Mohd Aziz bin Hussain was also hanged for the charge of trafficking 50 grams of heroin.
The Central Narcotics Bureau said Djamani was “fully due” processed under the existing law and that she was allowed to access legal counsel throughout.
Specialized journalist and activist Kirsten Han had warned that once …
