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flag Singapore's president commutes drug trafficker's death sentence to life imprisonment, marking a rare clemency case.

flag Tristan Tan Yi Rui, a 33-year-old drug trafficker convicted of smuggling over 337 grams of methamphetamine in Singapore, had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment. flag President Tharman Shanmugaratnam granted clemency following Cabinet advice, aiming to reduce sentencing disparity in similar cases. flag This marks the first such commutation since 1998 in Singapore, known for its strict drug laws.

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