Execution of Tong Ching Man

Tong Ching Man (唐清雯,tang CHING-win; 17 October 1970 – 21 April 1995) was a 24 year old female Hong Kong national executed in Singapore for drug trafficking.

After purportedly being recruited to work as a drug courier by her boyfriend, Tong was arrested while in possession of over 2 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, Tong 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 the British Government.