Crime
Singapore Hangs Malaysian Pannir Selvam 8 Years After Drug Trafficking Conviction
A UN expert described the execution as an "arbitrary deprivation of life".
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Singapore To Hang Another Malaysian Barely 2 Months After Executing Nagaenthran
32-year-old Kalwant Singh, a Malaysian, has spent nine years in prison on death row after he was convicted mainly on the testimony of a co-accused person for allegedly trafficking 60.15g of diamorphine.
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M'sia Govt Agrees To Abolish Death Penalty & Substitute It With Alternative Punishments
Capital punishment will be substituted with other sentences at the discretion of the judges.
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Nagaenthran's Family Is Distraught That His Return Home After 13 Years Is For His Burial
The family urged politicians to refrain from visiting, saying "they all come for publicity" and that "we don't need their help".
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Singapore Has Now Hanged Nagaenthran
Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, who suffered a mild intellectual disability due to his lower-than-average IQ of 69, was arrested in 2009 for bringing 42.7g of heroin into Singapore. He was on death row for more than a decade.
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Nagaenthran's Mum Pleads For His Life As Singapore Sets Execution Date For 27 April
Describing the decision as "heartbreaking", Nagaenthran's lawyer M Ravi said that "the Singapore state will never be able to recover from the disgrace it's going to face internationally in hanging an intellectually disabled person".
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High Court Stays Execution Of Nagaenthran As Loved Ones Make Last Ditch Effort To Save Him
This means Nagaenthran's scheduled execution date has been postponed.
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PM Ismail Appeals To SG Govt To Save Nagaenthran Who Is To Be Hanged For Drug Trafficking
Ismail said that he has no intention to interfere in Singapore's laws, but appealed for leniency on humanitarian grounds.
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People Urge SG Govt To Stop Execution Of Mentally Disabled M'sian Who Was A Drug Mule
"Nagaenthran is no ordinary death row prisoner; he suffers from mental disability… Despite this, Singapore has over the years ignored all pleas that [he] be spared execution," said Malaysian rights group Lawyers for Liberty.
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Malaysian Youth Entrepreneur Seeks Justice For Cousin On Death Row
Jazz Tan Yee Mei, CEO and founder of YouthsToday.com, offers her side of the story about a relative that was found guilty for drug trafficking.
