Singapore executes man over plot to smuggle 1kg of cannabis

Tangaraju Suppiah was hanged despite international pleas to reconsider capital punishment for drugs offences

Singapore has hanged a prisoner for conspiracy to smuggle one kilogram of cannabis, authorities said, ignoring international calls for the city-state to abolish capital punishment.

The execution took place on Wednesday despite a plea by the United Nations Human Rights Office for Singapore to “urgently reconsider” the hanging and calls by British tycoon Richard Branson to halt it.