He has hanged more than 850 people in his 43 years on the job. Darshan Singh served as state executioner for more than 25 years, but he put inmates at ease with his jovial nature Listen to the audio pronunciation of Darshan Singh (executioner) on pronouncekiwi. Sign in to disable ALL ads. Van Tuong Nguyen (Vietnamese: Nguyễn Tường Vân, listen; 17 August 1980 – 2 December 2005) baptised Caleb, was an Australian from Melbourne, Victoria convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore.A Vietnamese Australian, he was also addressed as Nguyen Tuong Van in the Singaporean media, his name in Vietnamese custom, as well as in most Asian customs. photo by journalist Alan Shadrake, Darshan Singh is Singapore's official executioner. Darshan Singh's name and photo appeared in the Australian press days before he was due to execute a Vietnamese-born Australian man for drugs smuggling. Thank you for helping build the largest language community on the internet. Unfortunately, this is a true story. Singapore's chief executioner says he has been sacked after his identity was exposed by the media.

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