Singapore's New Discretionary Death Penalty for Drug Couriers: Public Prosecutor v Chum Tat Suan

Singapore's New Discretionary Death Penalty for Drug Couriers: Public Prosecutor v Chum Tat Suan

The article offers information on the history, evolution and significance of the new discretionary death penalty legislation for drug couriers in Singapore under the application of the Misuse of Drugs Act (MDA). It discusses the judicial decision of the Singaporean High Court in the case of Public P...

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Main Author: CHEN, Siyuan
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
Subjects:
Misuse of Drugs Act
Drug trafficking couriers
Presumption of innocence
Discretionary death penalty
Singapore
Asian Studies
Evidence
Human Rights Law
State and Local Government Law
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1260
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3213/viewcontent/SingaporeNewDiscretionaryDeathPenaltyDrugCouriers_2014.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:The article offers information on the history, evolution and significance of the new discretionary death penalty legislation for drug couriers in Singapore under the application of the Misuse of Drugs Act (MDA). It discusses the judicial decision of the Singaporean High Court in the case of Public Prosecutor v. Chum Tat Suan in which the Court convicted the accused with chareges of importing of more than 94.96g of diamorphine into Singapore that was punishable under section 33 of the MDA.

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