Singapore executes marijuana trafficker amid international outcry

Singapore put a convicted drug trafficker to death Wednesday after the city-state defended its hard-line approach to narcotics offenses from international critics. Tangaraju Suppiah, a 46-year-old native of Singapore, was hanged in Changi Prison, the Singapore Prison Service said in a statement to CNN. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 2018 for attempting to traffic over 2 pounds of cannabis. Suppiah appealed the verdict in 2019, but it was upheld by the courts. Attempts to seek presidential clemency were also unsuccessful. Suppiah was the first prisoner executed in...