Singapore: Death penalty/imminent execution, Thiru Selvam, aged 28

Index Number: ASA 36/004/2001
Date Published: 13 July 2001
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Singapore

Thiru Selvam was sentenced to death for drug trafficking in September 2000. There are grave doubts about whether he was guilty. He is now facing imminent execution, and his only hope is to petition the President, who has the power to grant clemency.