Notable Cases
- Adrian Lim, Tan Mui Choo, and Hoe Kah Hong, sentenced to death for murdering a nine-year-old girl and a ten-year-old boy in 1981. The three were hanged in 1988. See Toa Payoh ritual murders for details on the case.
- Johannes van Damme, a Dutch engineer hanged in September 1994 for drug trafficking. He was the first European to be executed in Singapore since the country gained independence in 1965.
- Flor Contemplacion, a Filipino domestic worker executed in 1995 for murdering another Filipino domestic worker and a four-year-old boy. Her execution severely strained relations between Singapore and the Philippines and caused many Filipinos to vent their frustration at their own government and the Singaporean government over the helplessness, abuse, and mental stresses that many Filipino overseas workers face around the world.
- Tong Ching-man, Lam Cheuk-wang, and Poon Yuen-chung, three Hong Kong women hanged in April 1995 for drug trafficking. Tong and Poon were both 18 years old when they were caught with heroin in their possession at Changi Airport in 1988 and 1991 respectively.
- Angel Mou Pui-peng, a Macau-born Hong Kong woman hanged in December 1995 for drug trafficking. A single mother, she was 25 at the time of her execution.
- John Martin Scripps, a British spree killer hanged in April 1996 for murdering three tourists. He was the first Briton to be executed in Singapore since the country gained independence in 1965.
- Shanmugam Murugesu, hanged in May 2005 for drug trafficking. Before his execution, around 120 people attended a three-hour vigil held for him in Furama Hotel. An earlier petition for clemency was rejected by Singapore's President S. R. Nathan.
- Van Tuong Nguyen, a Vietnamese Australian hanged in December 2005 for drug trafficking. A plea for clemency from the Australian government was rejected by the Singapore authorities.
- Took Leng How, a Malaysian-born vegetable packer hanged in 2006 for murdering Huang Na, an eight-year-old girl from China. Took's appeal to the Court of Appeal was dismissed, and a clemency petition submitted by his relatives to Singapore's President S. R. Nathan was also rejected. See Murder of Huang Na for details on the case.
- Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi, a Nigerian hanged in January 2007 for drug trafficking. Pleas for clemency from Amnesty International, the United Nations, and Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo were rejected by the Singapore government.
- Leong Siew Chor (Chinese: 梁少初; pinyin: Liáng Shàochū), convicted in May 2006 for strangling a Chinese national Liu Hongmei (simplified Chinese: 刘红梅; traditional Chinese: 劉紅梅; pinyin: Líu Hóngméi), chopping up her body and dumping the body parts into the Kallang River. He was hanged in November 2007.
- Tan Chor Jin (simplified Chinese: 陈楚仁; traditional Chinese: 陳楚仁; pinyin: Chén Chǔrén), nicknamed "One Eyed Dragon" (simplified Chinese: 独眼龙; traditional Chinese: 獨眼龍; pinyin: dú yǎn lóng) by the Singapore media, sentenced to death in May 2007 for the shooting and murder of a nightclub owner. Tan represented himself in court without a lawyer. He had asked the judge to give him the death sentence, and was hanged in January 2009.
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