Singapore News - A pair of drug traffickers who were originally scheduled to be hanged on Wednesday (Feb 16) were granted a respite by President Halimah Yacob, putting off their executions for an unstated length of time. The stay came even as the lawyers for Singaporean Roslan Bakar, 51,. Read more at www.tnp.sg
Malaysian Pausi Jefridin, who was scheduled to be hanged on Wednesday (Feb 16) for a drug offence has been granted a respite by the republic’s president, Halimah Yacob
Singapore News - The Court of Appeal has dismissed two separate eleventh-hour attempts by a pair of drug traffickers, who were scheduled to hang on Wednesday (Feb 16), to escape their executions. Singaporean Roslan Bakar, 51, and Malaysian Pausi Jefridin, 37, were sentenced to death in 2010. Read more at www.tnp.sg
Singapore News - The former chairman of the Reform Party, Charles Yeo, was on Wednesday (Jan 19) charged with wounding the religious feelings of the Christian community with remarks he allegedly made on his Instagram and Facebook pages. He was also charged with posting a series of Instagram. Read more at www.tnp.sg