NUMBER OF PERSONS HANGED IN 1998

Parliament of Singapore · 10 March 1999

Official Report, 10 March 1999, Vol 70, Issue 4 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Ho Peng KeeJ.B. Jeyaretnam

[Mr Speaker in the Chair]

Mr J B Jeyaretnam asked the Minister for Home Affairs if he will indicate how many persons were hanged in 1998 and whether any death sentences were commuted and, if so, how many.

The Minister of State for Home Affairs (Assoc. Prof. Ho Peng Kee) (for the Minister for Home Affairs: Mr Speaker, Sir, 28 prisoners were hanged in 1998. One prisoner had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment during the same period.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 10 March 1999. Republished on SGParliament.