Execution of a Convicted Drug Trafficker - 23 January 2025

23 Jan 2025

1. The capital sentence of death imposed on Syed Suhail bin Syed Zin (“Syed Suhail”) was carried out on 23 January 2025.

2. Syed Suhail, a 48-year-old Singaporean, was convicted of having in his possession for the purpose of trafficking, not less than 38.84 grammes of diamorphine, or pure heroin. The Misuse of Drugs Act provides for the death penalty if the amount of diamorphine trafficked is more than 15 grammes. 38.84 grammes of diamorphine is sufficient to feed the addiction of about 460 abusers for a week.

3. Syed Suhail was accorded full due process under the law, and was represented by legal counsel throughout the process.

a. Syed Suhail was convicted and sentenced to death on 2 December 2015.

b. He appealed against his conviction and sentence, and the Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal on 18 October 2018.

4. Syed Suhail’s petitions to the President for clemency were unsuccessful.

5. Capital punishment is imposed only for the most serious crimes, such as the trafficking of significant quantities of drugs which cause very serious harm, not just to individual drug abusers, but also to their families and the wider society.

Central Narcotics Bureau
23 January 2025

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