The first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, was a staunch supporter of capital punishment. Each execution in Singapore is carried out by long drop hanging in Changi Prison at dawn, except once on 20 May 2016 when the execution of Kho Jabing was carried out at 3:30 pm after his appeal for a stay of execution was dismissed that same morning. In a survey done in 2005 by the "The Straits Times", 95% of Singaporeans believe that their country should retain the death penalty.