Singapore's executioner gets fired
Singapore's chief exectioner has been fired, days before he was scheduled to murder an Australian youth who was arrested for drug-smuggling at Singapore's Changi airport.Earlier this month, I blogged a story about Singapore's chief executioner, whose identity was outed in the Aussie press after more than 50 years and more than 850 executions.
"They called me a few days ago and said I don't have to hang Nguyen and that I don't have to work anymore," Mr Singh told Reuters news agency.Link"I think [the prison authorities] must be mad after seeing my pictures in the newspapers."
Update: According to an article from an Aussie news-source, the hangman still has his job: "'There is no change to his status,' added the spokesman, but he would not confirm whether Singh would be the executioner in Nguyen's case. An Australian sheetmetal worker on Monday reportedly offered his services to Singapore to replace Singh as hangman." (Thanks, IZ Reloaded!)
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