Man sentenced to death via Zoom call

A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom video-call.

Punithan Genasan, a 37-year-old Malaysian, received the sentence for his role in a 2011 heroin transaction on Friday, court documents showed.

His sentence was the first capital one handed down over video call by the city state, which is under lockdown to try and curb one of the highest coronavirus rates in Asia.