Shanmugam Murugesu
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Shanmugam Murugesu (c.1967 – 13 May 2005) was a Tamil Singaporean executed for smuggling 1.03 kg of cannabis into Singapore from Malaysia. Such offenses carry a mandatory death sentence under Singapore's Misuse of Drugs Act.
Prior to his death, Murugesu's case was publicized by campaigners against capital punishment in Singapore, which has the highest per capita rates of legalized execution in the world. He was the father of two children.
[edit] External links
- Singapore finally finds a voice in death row protest from The Observer newspaper.
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