Liew denies involvement in Singapore court’s decision to stay Malaysian’s execution

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PETALING JAYA: De facto law minister Datuk Liew Vui Keong has denied interferring with the Singapore Court of Appeal’s decision to stay the execution ...

De facto law minister Datuk Liew Vui Keong has denied interferring with the Singapore Court of Appeal’s decision to stay the execution of P. Pannir Selvam, a Malaysian citizen convicted of a drug charge in Singapore.

Liew added that despite writing to Singapore’s Ministry of Law last Wednesday, it was the court that made the decision on the stay, not its executive branch. “In this case, the Singapore court only granted a temporary reprieve to Pannir Selvam to allow him to exhaust his legal and constitutional rights by engaging a competent counsel of his choice.

Following that, Singapore Law Minister K. Shanmugam said it was not tenable for Singapore to go easy on Malaysian drug offenders, and criticised the Malaysian government for making three requests over the past year to stop the execution of Malaysians in the country.

 

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