SINGAPORE: A Malaysian man on Thursday became the first convicted drug trafficker to escape the gallows in Singapore following recent legal reforms in the city-state.

Yong Vui Kong, 25, was re-sentenced to life imprisonment and 15 strokes of the cane under Singapore’s new discretionary death-penalty regime, a spokeswoman for the Attorney General’s Chambers said.

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