Execution of Poon Yuen Chung

Poon Yuen Chung (潘婉聪, pan WAN-chong; 1 September 1972 - 21 April 1995) was a 22-year-old female Hong Kong national executed in Singapore for drug trafficking.

After purportedly being recruited to work as a courier for a drug trafficking organization, Poon was arrested while in possession of over 4 kilograms of high-quality heroin during a stopover in Singapore's Changi Airport.

Despite vehemently protesting her innocence and stating that she was tricked into smuggling narcotics, Poon was found guilty at trial and sentenced to death. Despite appeals being made for the commutation of her death sentence, the Singaporean authorities were ultimately undeterred by pleas for clemency from senior statesmen such as the Governor of Hong Kong.