Malaysian anti-death penalty activists urged Singapore’s government to postpone the execution of a convicted Malaysian drug trafficker. Kalwant Singh, who was convicted in 2016 of importing heroin into Singapore, will be executed on Thursday. Another Malaysian drug dealer who was supposed to be put to death in April was spared because of a legal challenge. … Read more
A Malaysian man facing execution in Singapore for drug trafficking was granted a stay of execution on Thursday, according to campaigners, a day after the hanging of a prompted outrage. Datchinamurthy Kataiah was scheduled to be hanged on Friday after several years on death row in the city-state, which has some of the world’s toughest … Read more
Singapore’s government has defended a decision to execute a Malaysian man convicted for drug trafficking after the penalty attracted international criticism due to concerns about his mental capacity. Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam was hanged Wednesday after being found guilty more than a decade ago for trafficking at least 43 grams of heroin into Singapore in 2009. … Read more
