Singapore top executioner ‘fired’
`Singapore’s chief executioner says he has been sacked after his identity was exposed by the media.
Darshan Singh’s name and photo appeared in the Australian press just days before he was due to execute a Melbourne man for drugs smuggling. [..]
“They called me a few days ago and said I don’t have to hang Nguyen and that I don’t have to work anymore,” Mr Singh told Reuters news agency.
“I think [the prison authorities] must be mad after seeing my pictures in the newspapers.”‘
