The government of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore" id="mwAaY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> authorised the controversial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment" id="mwAac" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Capital punishment">execution</a> of convicted murderer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kho_Jabing" id="mwAag" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kho Jabing">Kho Jabing</a> for the murder of a Chinese construction worker despite the international pleas for clemency, notably from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty_International" id="mwAak" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Amnesty International">Amnesty International</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" id="mwAao" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>.<sup about="#mwt115" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-20"}}' id="cite_ref-20" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_20#cite_note-20" id="mwAas" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 19;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAaw">[19]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt119" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-21"}}' id="cite_ref-21" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_20#cite_note-21" id="mwAa0" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 20;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAa4">[20]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt123" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-22"}}' id="cite_ref-22" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_20#cite_note-22" id="mwAa8" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 21;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAbA">[21]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-20"><cite about="#mwt112" class="citation web cs1" id="mwB5s"><a class="external text" href="https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/kho-jabing-hanged-after-bid-defer-execution-fails-lawyers-receive-ticking-court?cid=h3_referral_inarticlelinks_03092019_todayonline" id="mwB5w" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Kho Jabing hanged after bid to defer execution fails, lawyers receive ticking-off from court"</a>. <i id="mwB50">Today Singapore</i>. 20 May 2016<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB54">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB58">10 March</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt112" class="Z3988" id="mwB6A" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Today+Singapore&amp;rft.atitle=Kho+Jabing+hanged+after+bid+to+defer+execution+fails%2C+lawyers+receive+ticking-off+from+court&amp;rft.date=2016-05-20&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.todayonline.com%2Fsingapore%2Fkho-jabing-hanged-after-bid-defer-execution-fails-lawyers-receive-ticking-court%3Fcid%3Dh3_referral_inarticlelinks_03092019_todayonline&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMay+20"></span></span>