Nagaenthran K.Dharmalingam, then 21, was detained in April 2009 for trying to smuggle nearly 43 grams of heroin into Singapore, found strapped to his left thigh. He was sentenced to death by hanging in November 2010 under Singapore’s strict drug laws.
Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said Wednesday he has written to his Singapore counterpart about the case and would extend consular aid to Nagaenthran and his family. Singapore’s home ministry has defended the court’s decision, saying Nagaenthran clearly understood the crime and has exhausted all legal appeals.
A group of lawyers, activists and human rights groups also rallied outside Malaysia’s Parliament this week, demanding government intervention. They said in their petition that it was “incredibly excessive” to hang Nagaenthran given his disability and that he was being punished for a non-violent crime.
On Tuesday, two days before the Hindu festival of Diwali, 10 family members finally surrounded her to explain about her son’s imminent execution. She is set to fly to Singapore on Friday and is to meet her son for the first time in nearly three years. In 2019, she said Nagaenthran suddenly refused to meet or talk to the family. Lawyer Ravi also wrote on Facebook that Nagaenthran refused to meet him since 2019.
Drugs eg heroin destroy lives and economies! Smuggling drugs is punishable by death! If Singapore spares drug smugglers who are disable, child or most vulnerable, the floodgates would be wide open for exploiting the vulnerable to smuggle drugs! Drugs kill!!!
5.6M people and in 2019 only had 11 homicides. People in Singapore are taught from a very young age that the justice system there is a pro at playing fuck around and find out. Though death very extreme for 1.5oz of drugs.
If he is smart enough to have a girlfriend, he is not that stupid.
Damn ! 1.5 ounces and death penalty. Those are some archaic laws.
Seems like it just isn't worth it to smuggle heroin into Singapore.
Should've known better......
This heroin will ruin lives and kill a lot of people, better to look towards the supplier
Ban capital punishment.
Barbaric policy.
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The death penalty is so stupid man. The only thing it serves is the sadism of the court. It's not going to stop drug smuggling. Cartels don't care about the lives of mules.
Singaporean officials do not care what anybody thinks. Doesn’t look good for this person. They have a long history of very harsh punishment toward lawbreakers.
Why not check if he is insane?
They want to kill a man for having drugs on him? Jeepers. The death penalty is never, ever a deterrent or a solution and is always wrong.
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Somewhere down the line all smugglers and dealers have caused a death. Death penalty is just for all of them.
He's not mentally disabled. IMH verified it and this issue was debated in court before proceeding with judgement. Check your facts AP.
Thank God im American and we don’t kill drug dealers like colombia and Singapore apparently. But I don’t deal drugs but still damn
Sounds extreme.
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