Kalwant Singh

Malaysian drug trafficker

Kalwant Singh a/l Jogindar Singh (21 October 1990 – 7 July 2022) was a Malaysian drug trafficker who was found guilty of having 60.15g of diamorphine (heroin) in his possession and trafficking 120.90g of the same substance.

Kalwant along with another man named Mohamad Yazid Md Yusof were arrested on 23 October 2013, and the alleged mastermind Norasharee Gous was captured two years later in July 2015, and all three of them were charged with drug trafficking.

It was alleged that Norasharee had told Yazid to help import the diamorphine after meeting up with Kalwant, who was to carry the drugs in Singapore to pass on to Yazid for the purpose of trafficking.

Kalwant, however, denied that he had knowledge of the drugs and alleged that he was given death threats that forced him to help do the job without knowing it was drugs.

On 1 June 2016, Kalwant was found guilty of possessing drugs and drug trafficking.He was thus sentenced to death since his role was not limited to that of a mere drug courier.

His co-accused Norasharee was also sentenced to death while Yazid escaped the gallows after receiving a life sentence and caning on behalf that he was a courier and played the smallest role out of the three.

Kalwant lost his appeals against his sentence, and after having spent nine years in prison (including six on death row), Kalwant was executed by hanging on 7 July 2022, the same date as Norasharee, who similarly failed to overturn his death sentence despite exhausting his appeals.