SINGAPORE --- Singapore will gauge public attitudes towards the death penalty in a survey, the interior ministry said Wednesday, as human rights groups renewed calls for its abolition. The city-state --- which staunchly maintains that capital punishment is a crime deterrent --- executed eight convicts last year, the highest number in a decade, according to official data. They had all committed drug offenses. The Straits Times said it was the first time that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which is in charge of the prisons department, is conducting a survey on the subject. Last week's hanging in Singapore of convicted Malaysian drug trafficker Prabu N Pathmanathan sparked fre...
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