Singapore hanged a woman convicted of attempting to traffic an ounce (just under 30 grams) of heroin, the first execution of a female prisoner in nearly two decades in what human rights groups decried as a "grim milestone" for the city state and its notoriously harsh anti-drug laws.
Saridewi Djamani, a 45-year-old Singaporean, was put to death on Friday in Changi Prison, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said in a statement issued hours after the hanging took place.
She was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty in 2018 after being convicted of possessing 31 grams of heroin.
Executions in Singapore are carried out at Changi Prison. (CNN
Saridewi Djamani, a 45-year-old Singaporean, was put to death on Friday in Changi Prison, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said in a statement issued hours after the hanging took place.
She was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty in 2018 after being convicted of possessing 31 grams of heroin.
