BREAKING Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a 34-year-old Malaysian man convicted of drug trafficking more than a decade ago, was hanged by authorities at Changi Prison on Wednesday morning.
in an interview last week that executing Nagaenthran would be “a dark stain on Singapore’s international reputation”.
His brother Navin Kumar, 22, told Reuters the body would be sent back to Malaysia where a funeral would be held in the town of Ipoh. “Hanging an intellectually disabled, mentally unwell man because he was coerced into carrying less than three tablespoons of diamorphine is unjustifiable and a flagrant violation of international laws that Singapore has chosen to sign up to,” the statement said.
The Singapore government describes the death penalty as “an important component” of its criminal justice system, arguing its use as punishment for serious crimes such as drug trafficking and murder helps maintain its status as one of the safest places in the world.