Singapore High Court Has Become The First Court in Asia to Sentences Zoom to Death

As a result of the Corona Waris epidemic, various walks of life have begun to prioritize video calls, but the Singapore High Court has become the first court in Asia to sentence a prisoner to death on the Zoom app.

According to Singaporean media, Punitan Ginasan, a prisoner from Malaysia, was found guilty of drug trafficking.

The man facilitated the smuggling of 28.5 kg of heroin in 2011 and left Singapore for Malaysia. He was ousted in 2016 and sentenced to death last week.

And for the first time, such a sentence was handed down on a zoom call between High Court judges, convicts and the legal team. By the way, a court in Nigeria had given the same death sentence this month and this was the first time in the world and now Singapore has become the second such country.

A spokesman for the Singapore Supreme Court said: "The move is aimed at reducing the prevalence of Code 19, which can be heard remotely by the courts, thus providing protection to all involved." ۔

The convict's lawyer also did not object to the death sentence being handed down on a video conference call.

The use of Zoom has grown exponentially since the outbreak of the corona virus worldwide and is being used by people from all walks of life.

But due to privacy issues, various companies have barred their employees from using it. The Indian government, school districts in New York and teachers in Singapore have similar restrictions.

But courts in Singapore are using it to hear cases, where a second wave of the virus is emerging and more than 18,000 cases have been confirmed so far.