Singapore has sentenced a drug suspect to death on the popular video chat app Zoom because of the city-state's coronavirus lockdown, a move slammed by a human rights group as callous and inhumane.
Defence lawyer Peter Fernando said the Supreme Court announced the penalty to his client, Punithan Genasan, in a virtual hearing Friday. Genasan was in jail, while Fernando and prosecutors participated in the hearing from different locations.
"This has been the arrangement made by the court under Singapore's 'circuit breaker' measures, with essential hearings conducted via Zoom. We have no complaints," Fernando said Wednesday.Singapore imposed a lockdown in early April after it was hit by a second wave of virus infections sparked by foreign workers living in crowded dormitories. It has reported more than 29,000 cases, among the most in Asia, but only 22 deaths. It plans to gradually lift restrictions next month.
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