NUMBER OF PERSONS HANGED

Parliament of Singapore · 12 January 2001

Official Report, 12 January 2001, Vol 72, Issue 13 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

J.B. JeyaretnamWong Kan Seng

Mr J. B. Jeyaretnam asked the Minister for Home Affairs if he will furnish the number of persons who have been hanged in Singapore for the years 1991-2000, giving the numbers year by year and splitting the number for each year into the various crimes for which they were hanged.

Mr Wong Kan Seng: The statistics are as follows: Year Murder Drug Trafficking Firearms Total 1991 1 5 - 6 1992 13 7 1 21 1993 5 2 - 7 1994 21 54 1 76 1995 20 52 1 73 1996 10 40 - 50 1997 3 11 1 15 1998 4 24 - 28 1999 9 34 - 43 2000 4 17 - 21

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 12 January 2001. Republished on SGParliament.