Rights activists in Singapore and Malaysia will hold candlelight vigils to protest capital punishment as Singaporean authorities prepare to execute a Malaysian man for drug trafficking despite mountin ...

The government’s narcotics bureau website claims it is an offence for citizens and permanent residents to consume drugs in ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Singapore court on Wednesday granted a stay of execution to a Malaysian man, just hours ...

Singapore says it has a zero-tolerance approach to drug trafficking and insists capital punishment is key to halting drug demand and supply. The nation has hanged hundreds of people - including ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Rights activists in Singapore and Malaysia will hold candlelight vigils Wednesday to protest capital punishment as Singaporean authorities prepare to execute a ...

The Singaporean government has been urged to call off the execution of a Malaysian national caught smuggling around 51g of heroin. Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, 30, was sentenced to death in 2017 for ...

Pannir was convicted on May 2, 2017 on a single charge for importing no less than 51.84g of diamorphine into Singapore and received the mandatory capital punishment. He filed an appeal against ...

The United Nations and rights groups say capital punishment has no proven deterrent effect and have called for it to be ...