Singapore hangs Indian-origin man over 1kg of cannabis

携带1公斤大麻，新加坡对一名印度裔男子处以绞刑

SINGAPORE: Singapore on Wednesday executed a 46-year-old Indian-origin drug trafficker, ignoring pleas for clemency from his family, human ri hts activists and the UN.

周三，新加坡处决了一名46岁的印度裔毒贩，无视其家人、人 权活动人士和联合国的宽恕请求。

Tangaraju Suppiah was hanged at dawn in Changi Prison, aday after his 11th-hour appeal was rejected by a court here. The 46-year-old was sentenced in 2018 for coordinating with two other men to import 1kg of cannabis in 2013. Although he never came into contact with the drug, he was sentenced to death by hanging after a judge ruled that he was linked to the other men through two phone numbers belonging to him.

Tangaraju Suppiah于凌晨时分在樟宜监狱被处以绞刑，此前一天，他的上诉被樟宜法院驳回。2013年，这名46岁的男子与另外两名男子配合，将1公斤大麻携带入境，于2018年被判刑。尽管他从未接触到毒品，但在法官裁定他通过属于他的两个电话号码与其他男子有联系，因而判处其绞刑。

Singapore’s narcotics laws are some of the harshest in the world and mandate the death penalty for some drug trafficking offenses. Last year, the country executed 11 people, all for nonviolent drug offences. Tangaraju’s was Singapore’s first execution in six months. Phil Robertson, the deputy Asia director of Human Rights Watch, said the sentence was “outrageous and unacceptable”.

新加坡的禁毒法律是世界上最严的法律之一，对一些贩毒罪行判处死刑。去年，该国处决了11人，均为非暴力毒品犯罪。Tangaraju是近六个月来新加坡执行的第一起死刑。人 权观察亚洲部副主任菲尔•罗伯逊表示，这一判决“令人发指，无法接受”。

Activists said the evidence against Tangaraju — the numbers on the phones of the othertwo men — was largely circumstantial. Human rights organisations also raised concerns that Tangaraju did not have access to a lawyer when he was first questioned by authorities — Singaporean law does not guarantee any such right — and was denied access to a Tamil interpreter when the police took his statement.

活动人士表示，针对Tangaraju的证据，他的手机上有其他两名男子的手机号码，很大程度上是间接推测的。人 权组织还担心，当Tangaraju第一次被当局询问时，他没有机会与律师联系，新加坡法律不保障任何这样的权利，并且在警方录口供时，拒绝为其提供泰米尔语翻译。

Before the execution, the United Nations’ top human ri hts official called for the authorities to “urgently reconsider” the sentence. “We have concerns around due process and respect for fair trial guarantees,” Ravina Shamdasani, a spokesperson for the UN high commissioner for human ri hts, said. Singaporean authorities dismissed those concerns, saying that Tangaraju had been afforded due process.

在执行死刑之前，联合国最高人 权官员呼吁当局“紧急重新考虑”这一判决。联合国人 权事务高级专员发言人拉维娜•沙姆达萨尼表示：“我们对正当程序和尊重公平审判保障表示担忧。”新加坡当局驳回了这些担忧，称是按正当程序审判Tangaraju的。

The other two men connected to the case both gave evidence against Tangaraju at his trial. One of them, who was arrested with the cannabis in question, pleaded guilty to trafficking 499. 9 grams of the drug — just below the 500 grams that would draw the death penalty — and was sentenced to 23 years in prison and 15 strokes of the cane. The other received a discharge not amounting to acquittal.

与此案有关的另外两名男子都在审判中提供了不利于Tangaraju的证据。其中一人因携带大麻被捕，并承认犯有非法贩运罪。499.9克的毒品，略低于500克的死刑量刑量，他被判处23年监禁和15次鞭刑。另一名被告被释放，但不等于无罪释放。

印度时报读者的评论：

Genius Singh

So human ri hts have no control over what happens in a so called vibrant society of singapore and they try to teach India a lesson on human ri hts - singapore is often termed as a developed country and a developed country denying access to a language interpreter and a lawyer is called developed??

I am proud of what we are in India and we dont need any human right validation on how we run our de ocracy!!

在所谓的充满活力的新加坡社会，人 权没有保障，他们却试图在人 权问题上给印度上课。新加坡通常被称为发达国家，却拒绝提供翻译和律师，这也算发达国家??

我为我们印度感到骄傲，我们的人 权毋庸置疑

Harris

Our de ocracy has become like rapist garlanded

我们印度的民 主已经变成了强奸犯的花环

Rajesh Krish

They did not mention the names of 2 other convicted. They could be Chinese. And that's Singapore. Yes, offenders should be dealt with harsh punishment, but no one has the right to kill (execute).

他们没有提到另外两名罪犯的名字，可能是中国人。这就是新加坡，罪犯应该受到严厉的惩罚，但是任何人都没有权利处决别人。

Jeeves

They could be Chinese - these are the kind of reckless, baseless and irresponsible comments that bodes ill for any society. Why would you speculate about race? What do you know about Singapore? Do not read ONE single article and assume you know everything about he case or about a country. No one has the right to kill - who says that and why? That is none of anyone's business. This guy was a Singapore citizen. Should have been aware of the rules and the law. There is neither a need to sympathize nor a need to cast aspersions on another country's legal system without knowing the full picture.

他们可能是中国人？这种鲁莽、毫无根据、不负责任的言论对任何社会都不好。你为什么要猜测种族？你对新加坡了解多少？不要读了一篇文章就认为你对这个案件或一个国家了如指掌。没有人有权处决别人——谁说的？为什么？

IP

Thank you Singapore. No mercy for these drug mafia. Good, We are with you.

谢谢新加坡，对这些贩毒集团绝不留情。很好，我们支持你。

wjp wjp

Hope this applies to Singaporeans when they are arrested in India for similiar crimes.

希望这也适用于在印度因类似罪行被捕的新加坡人。

Balaji Krishna

India also should implement this

印度也应该这样做

Nls

Look at the injustice of this trial! Two others connected with this crime, including the guy caught with Cannabis did not face death penalty but only this "facilitator" that received the punishment. Clearly unequal punishment. Either all 3 should have received death sentence if the law was applied equitably or all of them should have received lighter sentences. Clearly a shameful blot on Singapore.

看看这场审判多么不公正！犯案的另外两个人，包括被抓到携带大麻的人，却没有被判处死刑，只有这名“协助者”受到了惩罚。显然这样惩罚是不平等的。如果法律适用公平，这3人要么都应该被判处死刑，要么都应该获得较轻的判决。这显然是新加坡的耻辱。

Prince India

India is far ahead of Singapore. It simply shoots dead a person without even a trial.

印度远远领先于新加坡，在印度，甚至不经审判就可以枪毙一个人。

Balachandran Nair

Law should be equal foe all

法律对所有人都应该平等

Ramesh Khosla

that's the way to deal with such offenders

对付这类罪犯，就得这么办

Siva K

He did not possess any drugs. Proof of guilt was circumstancial.No attorney was available to him at the time of arrest. Not even an interpreter was made available. A clear case of human right violation.The human ri hts organisations who fight for politically motivated unjust causes In India has not fought this case with full force. The hanging is a barbarian act of Singapore government.

他没有持有任何毒品。有罪的证据是间接的。他被捕时没有律师在场，甚至连一个翻译都没有。这是一起明显的侵犯人 权的案件。印度人 权组织并没有全力对抗此案。绞刑是新加坡政府的野蛮行径。

Jignesh Bhai

Was India govt slee on this matter???

印度政府无视这件事吗?

Hindus Feel Inferior

On just circumstantial evidence to hang is some what harsh instead he could have imprisoned 35 years and by the time he released he will be about 80 years and probably he may die in prison.

仅从间接证据来看，绞刑太过了，本可判监禁35年，而当他获释时，他都80岁了，可能会死在监狱里。

Ak Kumar

Problem is cannabis was used in India since centuries for many purposes and now many. Countries are considering to legalise cannabis. Tomorrow Singapore might be one of those. Can we get his life back?

问题是几个世纪以来，大麻在印度被用于许多用途。各国正在考虑大麻合法化。明天新加坡可能会成为其中之一。到时我们能让他活过来吗?

SP shetty

singapore has done a wonderful job in curbing drug menace..we need to learn from singapore..

新加坡在遏制毒品威胁方面做得很好，我们需要向新加坡学习。

Bharat Bold

India the best country to live in

印度是最适合居住的国家

Myth Buster

Large quantities of drugs are seized from Gujarat ports. We don't know what happened to those cases That is Gujarat Model.

在古吉拉特邦的港口查获了大量毒品。我们不知道这些案件怎么处理的，这就是古吉拉特邦模式。

Biranchi Narayan Acharya

India should take some diplomatic action against Singapur. Had the culprit been from USA China or Russia, Singapore never had the courage to hang their people or people originating from their company. Indian government must warn such nations that India can't be taken for granted.

印度应该对新加坡采取一些外交行动。如果罪犯来自美国、中国或俄罗斯，新加坡就没有勇气绞死这些国家的人或来自他们公司的人。印度政府必须警告这些国家，印度不能被无视。

grace

indian foreign policy acts best on Sri Lanka Nepal Bhutan Maldives etc.With Qatar or Singapore it will not work .Morever he is of Indian origin not indian citizen , and Singapore laws are indeed very tough .instead of complaining we should implement similar laws here fro drug smugglers , rapists , pedophiles , scammers etc .

印度的外交政策对斯里兰卡、尼泊尔、不丹、马尔代夫等国家最有效，对卡塔尔或新加坡就行不通了。此外，他是印度裔，不是印度公民，新加坡的法律确实非常严厉。与其抱怨，我们应该对毒品走私者、强奸犯、恋童癖者、诈骗犯等实施类似的法律。

Rise India

Rahul is lucky, vajpayee rescued him when he was caught with drugs in USA airport. Bangkok is also famed for getting easy drugs

拉胡尔很幸运，在美国机场被发现携带毒品时，瓦杰帕伊救了他。曼谷也因容易获得毒品而闻名

Aspiretoinspire

He is singaporean who has broken their local law.. its their internal matter.. why publicise here..

他是新加坡人，触犯了当地法律。这是他们的内政，为什么要在这里宣传？