Darshan Singh is looking for work today. An Aussie newspaper printed the name and photo of Singapore's executioner on the eve of his having to hang a Vietnamese-born Aussie citizen for drug trafficking.

An excerpt from the BBC story:

Singapore has some of the harshest anti-drug laws in the world and Mr Singh, 74, is reported to have conducted more than 850 hangings in his 50-year career.

"They called me a few days ago and said I don't have to hang Nguyen and that I don't have to work anymore," Mr Singh told Reuters news agency.

"I think [the prison authorities] must be mad after seeing my pictures in the newspapers."

Australia's Sunday Telegraph newspaper said a new hangman was expected to be flown in to carry out Nguyen Tuong Van's execution.