President Tharman grants rare clemency to death row inmate in drug trafficking case

Anna Maria Romero
Sat, 16 Aug 2025 04:25:15 +0000
Death Penalty, Featured News, capital punishment, Drug trafficking

SINGAPORE: A prisoner on death row, Tristan Tan Yi Rui, has been granted clemency by President Tharman Shanmugaratnam. Tan will instead be serving life imprisonment. Reporting on the matter, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) pointed out the rarity of the pardon, adding that it is believed to be the first time since 1998 that …