Poon Yuen Chung

Poon Yuen Chung was hanged at Changi Prison on the morning of 21 April 1995.

On 18 January 1994, the Appeals court dismissed Poon's appeal against her conviction. Her defence lawyer Loo Ngan Chor had argued the original trial judge M.P.H Rubin had erred when he ruled Poon's could not be believed because her original statements to police were different than her testimony in court during her trial. He also asserted that the packets containing the heroin were handled by customs officers without wearing gloves, therefore possibly obliterating any fingerprint evidence Poon could have relied on to back up her testimony about the Thai couple.

On 10 September 1993, Deputy Public Persecutor Ong Hian Sun described to the court how both Poon and Lam the were stopped for a passport check at the customs counter of Terminal 2 at 11:50am on the day in question. Customs officer Mohd Rawi inspected both passports & briefly searched Poon's bag, before taking both women to the Customs Duty Office for further questioning. After their luggage had been dismantled it was determined that Poon had 6 plastic packets containing 3 kg of pure heroin in the false bottom of her bag, while Lam had 7 plastic packets containing 3.45 kg of pure heroin in her bag.

On 28 September 1993, Poon was found guilty as charged and sentenced to death for importing 3 kilograms of heroin into Singapore, contrary to Section 7 of the Misuse of Drugs Act. Lam, who was under 18 at the time of her arrest, was also found guilty but was instead sentenced to indefinite detention.

On 16 July 1991, Poon and her accomplice Lam Hoi Ka arrived at Changi Airport on a flight from Bangkok. Customs officer Mohd Rawi's attention was caught by two large canvas bags on the baggage claim belt of Terminal 2, as there were no folds in the fabric at the bottom and he believed he could see the outline of solid objects inside. Poon and Lam collected the two canvas bags and started walking towards the express lane of the customs counter.

On 18 July 1991, Poon and Lam were charged with the importation of a total of 9.5 kg of heroin, with an estimated value of $9 million, into Singapore.

Poon Yuen Chung (1 January 1974 - 21 April 1995) was a Hong Kong national executed in Singapore for drug trafficking.

Born in British Hong Kong in 1974, Poon Yuen Chung was working as a dance hostess at the time of her arrest. In July 1991, Poon informed her parents she was going on a camping trip to Lamma Island, but in reality secretly travelled to Bangkok instead.