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PETALING JAYA: The execution of Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam was upheld by the Singapore Court of Appeal, on the grounds that there was lack of evidence showing the decline of his mental state.
SINGAPORE: "Nagaenthran. Save him. Only then there will be some relief. Sorry he has done wrong. Everyone please help.
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The Court of Appeal on Tuesday (March 29) rejected a bid by Malaysian drug trafficker Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam to start judicial review proceedings to challenge his death sentence.
The case Nagaenthran mounted was "baseless and without merit both as a matter of fact and of law", said Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon. . Read more at straitstimes.com.
A man with an IQ of 69 was arrested on drug trafficking charges in 2009 and sentenced to death. Lawyers had argued executing someone with a mental disability violates international law.