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Singapore executes first woman in nearly 20 years over 31 grams of heroin

Singapore has some of the harshest drug laws on the planet [File: Vincent Thian/AP]

Singapore has hanged a 45-year-old citizen who was caught with 31 grams of heroin, the first time the city-state has executed a woman in nearly 20 years.

Saridewi Binte Djamani was hanged on Friday after being convicted of trafficking “not less than 30.72 grams” of the drug in 2018, the Central Narcotics Bureau said in a statement.

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