Raymond Ko Mun Cheung

Raymond Ko Mun Cheung and An Man Keny Chiu Sum Hing were both hanged at Changi Prison on the morning of 30 July 1993.

Beginning on 11 March 1990, the trial heard Ko's testimony of agreeing to smuggle "something" from Bangkok to Amsterdam for a man named Ah Lock, as he had stood guarantor for Ko's gambling debts he owed in Hong Kong. Although he felt suspicious that what he would carry could be something illegal, as he was promised a fee of HK$45,000 for successfully delivering the items, Ko claimed to be under the impression he was carrying diamonds, not illegal drugs.

On 15 March 1990, Ko and An Man were both found guilty as charged and sentenced to death for importing 2 kilograms of heroin into Singapore, contrary to Section 7 of the Misuse of Drugs Act. Justice Chan Sek Keong rejected Ko and An Man's defence, stating Ko was already familiar with narcotics before he traveled to Singapore and would have known the items he were carrying were not diamonds. He also dismissed An Man's assertion that he did not 'import' drugs, as the Misuse of Drugs Act was clear and unambiguous that 'import' was defined to mean bringing illegal drugs anywhere into the geographical limits of Singapore.

On the afternoon of 12 December 1986, Raymond Ko Mun Cheung and his accomplice An Man Keny Chiu Sum Hing arrived at Changi Airport on a flight from Bangkok, intending to fly to Amsterdam at 9:30pm the next day, after first spending the night in Singapore. Implementing a new government policy of selectively frisking passengers flying in from drug producing countries, the pair were taken to the customs office and searched by narcotics officers after they had cleared immigration. They were both discovered to be carrying 16 packets of heroin, weighing a total of approximately 2kgs, sewn into specially designed vests and were promptly arrested.

On 15 December 1986, Ko and An Man were charged with the importation of a total of 2 kg of heroin, with an estimated value of $4 million. Ho Pak Keung faced a charge of abetting them to import the drugs.

Raymond Ko Mun Cheung (1 January 1967 - 30 July 1993) was a Hong Kong national executed in Singapore for drug trafficking

Born in Hong Kong in 1967, Raymond Ko Mun Cheung was working as a laborer at the time of his arrest.