PUBLIC AI Index: ASA 36/001/2009

12 January 2009

Further Information on UA 35/08 (ASA 36/001/2008, 11 February 2008) – Death Penalty

SINGAPORE Tan Chor Jin (m), aged 42

Tan Chor Jin was hanged in the morning of 9 January. The president had rejected hisappeal for clemency in the last week of December.

The appeal for presidential clemency is the final hope for anyone sentenced to death in Singapore. Since the country became independent in 1965, the president has granted clemency only six times.

Tan Chor Jin, who is blind in one eye, had been sentenced to death in May 2007 for the murder of a nightclub owner he said owed him money.

No further action is requested from the UA network. Many thanks to all who sent appeals.