In 2023, five judicial executions were carried out in Singapore, all of which were for drug trafficking. This was lower than the peak in 2022. Singapore's capital punishment laws were put in the international spotlight again in that year, as the city-state conducted a record number of executions once the COVID-19 restrictions were eased and lifted.
Number of capital executions in Singapore from 2011 to 2023, by crime committed
Capital executions in Singapore fall under three broad categories: executions due to drug trafficking, murder, or firearm offences. The data for capital executions due to firearm offences is not shown as there were no such cases during the period surveyed.
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