Statistics
The following table of executions was compiled by Amnesty International from several sources, including statistics supplied by the Ministry of Home Affairs in January 2001 and government figures reported to Agence France-Presse in September 2003. Numbers in brackets are the number of foreign citizens executed, according to information disclosed by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
| Year | Murder | Drug-related | Firearms | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 19 | 7 | 26 | |
| 1992 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 1993 | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
| 1994 | 21 | 54 | 1 | 76 |
| 1995 | 20 | 52 | 1 | 73 |
| 1996 | 10 {7} | 40 {10} | 50 | |
| 1997 | {3} | 11 {2} | 5 | 15 |
| 1998 | 4 {1} | 24 {5} | 28 | |
| 1999 | 8 {2} | 35 {7} | 43 | |
| 2000 | 4 {2} | 17 {5} | 21 | |
| 2000 | 23 | |||
| 2001 | 22 | |||
| 2002 | ? | |||
| 2003 | 10 | |||
| 2004 | 8{2} | |||
| 2005 | 8{1} | |||
| 2006 | 8{2} | |||
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3{2} |
| 2008 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6{3} |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5{2} |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2? | 2 | 0? | 4 |
Detailed statistics are not released by the government of Singapore. Singapore's Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong told the BBC in September 2003 that he believed there were "in the region of about 70 to 80" hangings in 2003. Two days later he retracted his statement, saying the number was in fact ten.
The chief executioner, Darshan Singh, said that he has executed more than 850 people during his service from 1959 using the phrase: "I am going to send you to a better place than this. God bless you." This included 18 people on one day, using three ropes at a time. Singh also said that he has hanged 7 people within 90 minutes.
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