Singapore executes Malaysian man with cerebral palsy smuggling heroin
The BBC and CNN reported that Singapore carried out the execution of 34-year-old Malaysian citizen Nakaenthran Dharlingam with intellectual disabilities. On Wednesday, April 27, after being arrested in 2009 for bringing 42.7 grams of heroin into Singapore. and has been convicted and sentenced to death since 2010.
During an April 23, 2022, gathering near the Singaporean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, an activist protests the execution of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, who was sentenced to death for trafficking heroin into Singapore. Despite appeals, he was hanged Wednesday.
Attorneys for the Thamlingam family said Prison officials informed Mr Thammalingam’s brother that The execution was completed on Wednesday. “His brother is waiting to retrieve his body and bring it back to his hometown of Ipoh, Malaysia,” the lawyer said.
Mr. Thamlingam’s case drew international attention. including from the United Nations, Mr. Ismail Sabri Yab, Prime Minister of Malaysia and Richard Branson, British billionaire condemning the judgment of the court Although Mr. Thammalingam is intellectually handicapped. and a psychologist assessed Mr. Thammalingam’s IQ at 69 points.
Mr Thamlingam’s lawyers have appealed several times to abolish the execution. He argued that Mr Thammalingam should not be sentenced to death under Singaporean law. Because Nai Tham Lingum did not have the ability to understand his own actions.
But a Singapore court rejected a final appeal from a lawyer for Mr Thamlingam last month, saying there was no convincing evidence to show that. The appellant’s mental state deteriorated after committing the crime.
About 300 people held a candlelight vigil at a Singapore park on Monday to protest against the planned hanging. (Reuters)
Reuters reported that later, on Tuesday, April 26, a Singapore court dismissed the legal argument against the mother of Thamlingam. thus opening the way for execution After the reading of the judgment Thamlingam and his family wiped tears as they held hands through a hole in the mirror. and heard Mr. Thamlingam calling his mother in the court room
Reprieve, a group against the death penalty said on Tuesday that Mr Thamlingam’s name will go down in history as a victim of the tragic failure of justice.
“Mr Nagen’s last days lasted the same as the past decade. in tortured solitary confinement We send our condolences to Mr Nagen’s family who never stopped fighting for him. Their pain is unimaginable,” said Maya Foa, director of the Reprieve.
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