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Man sentenced to death via Zoom call Image Source : PIXABAY Man sentenced to death via Zoom call In a first death sentence issued of its kind, a man has been sentenced over a Zoom call.

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Punithan Genasan, 37-Year-Old Malaysian Sentenced To Death Via Zoom Call, First For Singapore

Punithan Genasan, 37-Year-Old Malaysian Sentenced To Death Via Zoom Call, First For Singapore

Punithan Genasan’s lawyer said his client received the judge’s verdict on a Zoom call. (File)

Singapore:

A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom video-call for his role in a drug deal, the city-state’s first case where capital punishment has been delivered remotely.

Punithan Genasan, a 37-year-old Malaysian, received the sentence for his role in a 2011 heroin transaction on…

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"SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom video-call for his role in a drug deal, the city-state's first case where capital punishment has been delivered remotely.

Punithan Genasan, a 37-year-old Malaysian, received the sentence for his role in a 2011 heroin transaction on Friday, court documents showed, with the country under lockdown to try and curb one of the highest coronavirus rates in Asia."

[...]

"Many court hearings in Singapore have been adjourned during a lockdown period that started in early April and is due to run until June 1, while cases deemed essential have been held remotely.

Singapore has a zero-tolerance policy for illegal drugs and has hanged hundreds of people - including dozens of foreigners - for narcotics offences over past decades, rights groups say."

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Getting The Death Penalty Over Zoom

By Edward Godino, Skidmore College Class of 2020

May 25, 2020

Zoom and other video-conferencing services have proven essential during this pandemic in allowing people to stay connected. Even the justice system has adapted to using Zoom to hold hearings virtually. Now, Zoom has also been used to pass down capital punishment. In Singapore, Punithan Genasan was convicted of drug trafficking and given the death penalty over Zoom. Earlier, in Nigeria, Olalekan Hameed was sentenced to be hanged by the neck until dead after being found guilty for the murder of his employer’s mother during a three-hour Zoom trial.

Human rights activists have spoken out against the inhumane nature of passing a death sentence remotely. Courts have argued that there is simply no alternative during the pandemic, which prevents in-person trials from taking place. However, regardless of delivery method, the death penalty is a point of controversy. Singapore in particular is notorious for its use of capital punishment, being one of only four countries that still executes people for drug-related offenses. Despite outcries, there is no real alternative to remote hearings other than postponing cases until the pandemic is over, which may not be for another year at least.

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Zoom And The Death Penalty

By Edward Godino, Skidmore College Class of 2020

May 25, 2020

In these times of social distancing, Zoom has allowed people to stay connected. The video conferencing application has proved its usefulness during this pandemic by allowing people to learn, work, and simply hang out remotely. From classes to cocktail parties, just about anything can be done over Zoom. Evidently, this includes passing down a death sentence.

In Singapore, Punithan Genasan, a man convicted of drug trafficking, was recently sentenced to death over a Zoom video call.[1] Courtrooms around the globe have been holding hearings remotely with Zoom or similar applications for some time now to abide by social distancing guidelines, but using such programs to virtually invoke capital punishment is a relatively new development. Several human rights groups have spoken out against the use of Zoom to deliver a death sentence. “The death penalty is inherently cruel and inhumane,” said Phil Robertson, the deputy Asia director of Human Rights Watch,“and Singapore's use of remote technology like Zoom to sentence a man to death makes it even more so.”[2] Genasan’s lawyer says they are considering an appeal.[3]

Singapore’s supreme court argued that there was no other way given the circumstances of the pandemic, which prevents in-person trials from taking place.[4] However, the use of Zoom aside, Singapore’s drug laws are notoriously strict. Singapore is one of only four countries that still executes people for drug-related offenses.[5] In fact, one runs the risk of arrest by simply being in the company of drug users, as “Any person found in or escaping from any place or premises which is proved or presumed to be used for the purpose of smoking or administering a controlled drug shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to have been smoking or administering a controlled drug in that place or premises.”[6] Authorities do not even need a search warrant to investigate drug activity or make arrests.

Genasan’s case is not the first instance of a remote death penalty. Olalekan Hameed, a man in Nigeria, was also sentenced to death over Zoom after a three-hour virtual hearing.[7] Hameed was found guilty for the murder of his employer’s mother and was sentenced to be hanged by the neck until dead. Human rights activists have also spoken out against this ruling, calling the punishment of hanging “archaic.”[8]

It is unclear if passing capital punishment remotely using services like Zoom will become the norm. While it may seem inhumane, there is no real alternative other than postponing cases until the pandemic is over, which may not be until 2021 at the earliest.[9] Postponing that many cases would create a backlog and greatly disrupt the efficacy of the justice system. However, activists would likely rather see the death penalty abolished altogether, as many see capital punishment as inhumane regardless of the delivery method.

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[1]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/20/singapore-sentences-man-to-death-via-zoom-call

[2]https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/1921440/singapore-slammed-for-cruel-zoom-death-sentence

[3]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/20/singapore-sentences-man-to-death-via-zoom-call

[4] ibid

[5] ibid

[6]https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/MDA1973

[7]https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52560918

[8] ibid

[9]https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-covid-19-pandemic-has-three-directions-and-all-point-to-new-cases-well-into-2021-2020-05-01

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A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom video call in the country's first case where such a decision has been delivered remotely.   Court documents on Wednesday revealed that Punithan Genasan, a 37-year-old Malaysian, received the sentence on Friday for his role in a 2011 heroin transaction, with the country under strict lockdown to halt the spread of Coronavirus.   "For the safety of all involved in the proceedings, the hearing for Public Prosecutor v Punithan A/L Genasan was conducted by video conferencing," a spokesperson for Singapore's Supreme Court said in response to Reuters' questions, citing restrictions imposed to minimise the spread of the virus.   It was the first criminal case where a death sentence was pronounced by remote hearing in Singapore, the spokesperson added.   Genasan's lawyer, Peter Fernando, said his client received the judge's verdict on a Zoom call and was considering an appeal.   While Rights groups have criticised the use of Zoom in capital cases around the world, Fernando said he did not object to the use of video-conferencing for Friday's call because it was only to receive the judge's verdict with no further legal arguments to be heard.    "Singapore's use of the death penalty is inherently cruel and inhumane, and the use of remote technology like Zoom to sentence a man to death makes it even more so," said Phil Robertson, deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Asia division.  https://www.instagram.com/p/CAbPuojA9Bb/?igshid=1prvoojjodzru

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Coronavirus: Man handed death sentence in Singapore on Zoom video call | World News

Coronavirus: Man handed death sentence in Singapore on Zoom video call | World News

A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom video call.

Punithan Genasan became the city-state’s first person to have a capital punishment sentence delivered remotely after being convicted for his role in a drug deal.

Court documents show the 37-year-old Malaysian received the sentence on Friday for his role in a 2011 heroin transaction.

The country is…

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37-year-old man becomes the first person to be sentenced to death in Singapore via Zoom call

 A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom video call in the country's first case where such a decision has been delivered remotely.

  Court documents on Wednesday revealed that Punithan Genasan, a 37-year-old Malaysian, received the sentence on Friday for his role in a 2011 heroin transaction, with the country under strict lockdown to halt the spread of Coronavirus.

  "For the safety of all involved in the proceedings, the hearing for Public Prosecutor v Punithan A/L Genasan was conducted by video conferencing," a spokesperson for Singapore's Supreme Court said in response to Reuters' questions, citing restrictions imposed to minimise the spread of the virus.

  It was the first criminal case where a death sentence was pronounced by remote hearing in Singapore, the spokesperson added.

  Genasan's lawyer, Peter Fernando, said his client received the judge's verdict on a Zoom call and was considering an appeal.

  While Rights groups have criticised the use of Zoom in capital cases around the world, Fernando said he did not object to the use of video-conferencing for Friday's call because it was only to receive the judge's verdict with no further legal arguments to be heard. 

  "Singapore's use of the death penalty is inherently cruel and inhumane, and the use of remote technology like Zoom to sentence a man to death makes it even more so," said Phil Robertson, deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Asia division.

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Alleged Drug Dealer Sentenced to Death by Hanging Via Zoom in Singapore

File photo of Merlion park in Singapore from May 15, 2020.

Photo: Getty Images

Singapore’s Supreme Court sentenced a man to death via Zoom video chat on Friday, according to a report from the Strait Times. It’s believed to be the second time that a death sentence has been handed down this year over the video service, which has seen a dramatic increase in use since the global coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year.

Punithan Genasan, a 37-hear-old Malaysian national, was sentenced to death by hanging for allegedly introducing two drug dealers to each other in 2011. Genasan was extradited to Singapore in 2016 for being “complicit in trafficking,” as the Strait Times put it, and helped arrange a deal that involved roughly one ounce (28.5 grams) of heroin. Genasan has denied all the charges against him.

Singapore, a city-state of over 5 million people with a zero tolerance policy for drugs, is one of the few wealthy jurisdictions in the world that still continues the practice of capital punishment. Japan and the U.S. also still enact the death penalty, something that has been abolished in most other wealthy countries. Singapore reported four executions in 2019 and 13 executions in 2018, according to Amnesty International.

It’s not clear if sentencing someone to death is against Zoom’s terms of service. Texas is currently experimenting with its first jury trial by Zoom, as Gizmodo reported yesterday. Zoom did not respond to an email sent early Tuesday, but human rights groups are understandably upset about the case in Singapore.

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“The death penalty is inherently cruel and inhumane, and Singapore’s use of remote technology like Zoom to sentence a man to death makes it even more so,” Phil Robertson, the deputy director of Human Rights Watch in Asia, told Gizmodo via email on Tuesday.

“It’s shocking the prosecutors and the court are so callous that they fail to see that a man facing capital punishment should have the right to be present in court to confront his accusers. The absolute finality of the sentence, and the reality that wrongful convictions do occur around the world in death sentence cases, raise serious concerns about why Singapore is rushing to conclude this case via Zoom,” Robertson told Gizmodo.

“Singapore tries to hide from the world that it executes scores of people every year but by remotely sentencing a man to die in this case, they have brought back welcome attention to their inherently rights violating practices.”

Singapore’s High Court judge Chan Seng Onn was the one to officially announce the death penalty for Genasan over a Zoom call, according to the Strait Times, a judge who reportedly believed the testimony of the two other men charged in the case, V. Shanmugam Veloo from Malaysia and Mohd Suief Ismail from Singapore. Shanmugam was previously sentenced to life in prison and 15 lashes with a cane, while Suief has been sentenced to death.

“For the safety of all involved in the proceedings, the hearing for Public Prosecutor v Punithan A/L Genasan was conducted by video-conferencing,” a spokesperson for the Supreme Court of Singapore told Reuters.

The death penalty is a hotly contested topic in the U.S., where roughly 40 percent of all executions are carried out in Texas, according to Amnesty International. Capital punishment is especially controversial because the country has seen multiple botched executions in recent years, though there are no reports of any death penalty cases being handled via Zoom in the U.S. yet. A death row inmate in Georgia asked to be killed by firing squad in 2017 after several prisoners were inadvertently tortured to death by botched lethal injections. That request was denied.

Singapore’s bizarre case is the first death sentence handed down by video chat in the city-state, but it’s at least the second time a death penalty sentence has been handed down to a prisoner via Zoom. A man in Nigeria was sentenced to death by hanging earlier this month in Lagos for allegedly killing a 76-year-old woman.

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Man Sentenced To Death Via Zoom Call, First For Singapore Punithan Genasan's lawyer said his client received the judge's verdict on a Zoom call. (File) Singapore: …

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A 37-year-old man becomes the first person to be sentenced to death in Singapore via Zoom call

  A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom video call in the country's first case where such a decision has been delivered remotely.   Court documents on Wednesday revealed that Punithan Genasan, a 37-year-old Malaysian, received the sentence on Friday for his role in a 2011 heroin transaction, with the country under strict lockdown to halt the spread of Coronavirus.   "For the safety of all involved in the proceedings, the hearing for Public Prosecutor v Punithan A/L Genasan was conducted by video conferencing," a spokesperson for Singapore's Supreme Court said in response to Reuters' questions, citing restrictions imposed to minimise the spread of the virus.   It was the first criminal case where a death sentence was pronounced by remote hearing in Singapore, the spokesperson added.   Genasan's lawyer, Peter Fernando, said his client received the judge's verdict on a Zoom call and was considering an appeal.   While Rights groups have criticised the use of Zoom in capital cases around the world, Fernando said he did not object to the use of video-conferencing for Friday's call because it was only to receive the judge's verdict with no further legal arguments to be heard.   "Singapore's use of the death penalty is inherently cruel and inhumane, and the use of remote technology like Zoom to sentence a man to death makes it even more so," said Phil Robertson, deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Asia division. Read the full article

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Singapore: Guy punished to death on Zoom phone call

  Reacting to news that a court in Singapore has actually sentenced a guy to fatality by means of Zoom video phone call, Amnesty International's execution expert, Chiara Sangiorgio, said: " Whether by means of Zoom or eye to eye, a capital punishment is consistently horrendous just as harsh. " This case is an extra tip that Singapore stays to oppose international enactment and necessities by authorizing the death penalty for sedate dealing, and furthermore as a necessary discipline. Whether via Zoom or face to face, a death sentence is constantly vicious and inhumane. Chiara Sangiorgio " This need to finish now. Singapore is just one of 4 nations comprehended to in any case perform people for sedate related offenses, as indicated by Amnesty International research. It is high time the government evaluated its severe approach and abolished the capital punishment once and for all. " Each time when the worldwide intrigue is centered around moderating and protecting lives in a pandemic, the quest for capital punishment is considerably progressively detestable." Background Punithan Genasan, a 37-year-old Malaysian, obtained the sentence for his duty in a 2011 heroin transaction. A man has actually been punished to fatality in Singapore via a Zoom video call for his duty in a medicine offer, in the first situation in the city-state where such a decision has actually been provided from another location.

On 20 May 2020, a representative for Singapore's Supreme Court validated that a Malaysian nationwide obtained a death sentence for his sentence on drugs trafficking fees. The choice was connected "by video-conferencing" on Friday 15 May 2020. The guy's legal representative validated that this sentencing hearing was conducted via Zoom. Read the full article

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Man Sentenced to Death in Singapore via Zoom Call Man Sentenced to Death in Singapore via Zoom Call Punithan Genasan, a 37-year-old Malaysian, received the sentence for his role in a 2011 heroin transaction on Friday, court documents showed, with the country under lockdown to try and curb one of the highest coronavirus rates in Asia. #EngineeringCy This was the first criminal case where a death sentence was pronounced by remote hearing in Singapore, the spokesperson added.

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Online idam cezası! 37 yaşındaki Malezyalı Punithan Genasan, Singapur'da eroin kaçakçılığına yardımcı olmaktan suçlu bulunmuştu. 2011 yılında ilan edilen suçlamaları reddeden Genasan’ın, idam kararını temyize götürmesi bekleniyor.