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Rights groups on March 9 mounted a fresh eleventh-hour clemency appeal for a Malaysian man facing execution in Singapore for drug offences, saying he suffers from mental and psychological disabilities.
The Malaysian man was arrested in 2009 for trafficking a small amount of heroin into the city-state
Rights groups on Wednesday mounted a fresh eleventh-hour clemency appeal for a Malaysian man facing execution in Singapore for drug offences, saying h...
KUALA LUMPUR: Rights groups on Wednesday made a clemency plea for a Malaysian man facing execution in Singapore for drug offenses, after an appeal court last week reserved a ruling in the case that has drawn international attention over his mental disability. Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, 34, was arrested in 2009 for trafficking 43 grams of heroin into Singapore, which has some
SINGAPORE - A lawyer for a Malaysian man sentenced to hang for smuggling heroin into Singapore asked judges for mercy during his appeal on Tuesday (March 2), and urged more time to seek further psychiatric assessment to prove his mental impairment. Nagaenthran Dharmalingam has been on death row for more than a decade for trafficking 42 grammes (1.48 oz) of...