Post quoted from the Amnesty International website:

Vignes s/o Mourthi, a 23-year-old Malaysian national, grew up in a poor family and received only basic education. He was arrested while carrying a plastic bag containing approximately 27 grams of heroin. At his trial he stated that he had been asked by an old family friend, Moorthy A/L Angappan, to carry the bag from Malaysia to Singapore, where he travelled every day for work. He insisted he was unaware of the bag’s contents.

Amnesty International is concerned about a number of alleged irregularities during the trial proceedings. The judge refused to adjourn the trial hearing to grant Vignes s/o Mourthi’s request to appoint a new lawyer, following his complaint that he was inadequately represented. His conviction appears to have been based largely on a written record, provided by the prosecution, of an incriminating conversation which allegedly took place between him and an officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau. Vignes s/o Mourth denied the conversation took place. The court however deemed the evidence to be admissible despite the fact that no date had been recorded on it and neither Vignes s/o Mourthi nor his lawyer were aware of its existence before it was produced in court.

Following rejection by the President of Vignes s/o Mourthi’s appeal for clemency, his new lawyer, convinced of his innocence, lodged a motion for a re-trial on the grounds that there had been a miscarriage of justice and that he had not received a fair trial. Two similar motions lodged by him were rejected. On 25 September 2003, Chief Justice Yong Pung How dismissed his final appeal for a re-trial on the basis that the case could not be reopened as it had already been dealt with by the courts. He reportedly told the lawyer, "You can say he is an innocent man, but as far as the law is concerned, he has been found guilty and convicted. You better say goodbye to him, that’s all you can do."(26) Vignes s/o Mourthi and Moorthy A/L Angappan were hanged the following morning at dawn. In a distressing scene following the execution, distraught family members reportedly climbed onto the hearse carrying Vignes’ body and pummelled his chest, trying to revive him.(27)

Don't know if he was guilty or not. Ditto for all the other cases related to Singapore.

I do know that I wouldn't go there if I was given an all-expenses paid vacation with salary. That, combined with the use of caning enough to soak someone's back in blood, knock them out with pain, and scar them for the rest of their life for childish misbehavior is enough for me to avoid having anything at all to do with that country.

What else is the country famous for?

http://english.epochtimes.com/news/5-5-5/28488.html Fine and imprison you for saying something the government doesn't like.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/04/18/2003250960 If you're too famous for that, just block you from speaking.

And all this is coming from someone, me, who *supports* the death penalty.