Malaysians on death row in Singapore get short reprieve after appeals court adjourns misconduct suit hearing

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — Singapore’s Court of Appeal has directed both parties in the suit alleging procedural breach by the island state’s Attorney General’s Chambers and Prison Authorities to prepare more details and further their arguments, giving three Malaysians on death row short reprieve as the court adjourned the appeal hearing to 10 weeks from now.

Three of the appellants are Malaysian nationals: Ipoh-born Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, and Johor Baru natives Datchinamurthy Kataiah and Saminathan Selvaraju.Datchinamurthy was convicted in 2015 and had been scheduled to be executed last year.

Five Malaysians have been executed for drug law offences in Singapore in the last decade, with nine more currently on death row.

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