Activists attend a candlelight vigil towards the upcoming execution of Nagaenthran Okay. Dharmalingam, sentenced to dying for trafficking heroin into Singapore, outdoors the Singaporean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Nov. 8, 2021. (AP Picture/Vincent Thian)
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA --
A Malaysian man with a psychological incapacity misplaced a closing authorized attraction Tuesday towards his dying sentence in Singapore and faces execution quickly, a lawyer and rights activists mentioned.
Nagaenthran Okay. Dharmalingam has been on dying row since 2010 for making an attempt to smuggle lower than 43 grams (1.5 ounces) of heroin into Singapore. At an earlier courtroom listening to, his IQ was revealed to be 69 — a degree internationally acknowledged as an mental incapacity, however the courtroom dominated Nagaenthran knew what he was doing by violating Singapore's harsh anti-drug legal guidelines.
M. Ravi, a lawyer aiding the case, wrote on Fb that Singapore's prime courtroom dominated that Nagaenthran's attraction was “an abuse of course of and that worldwide regulation doesn't apply."
“Nagaenthran, who's mentally disabled, is because of be hanged probably within the subsequent few days," he mentioned.
U.Okay.-based rights group Reprieve mentioned Nagaenthran faces imminent execution until he receives a pardon from Singapore President Halimah Yacob.
“The Singaporean authorities has made clear its dedication to champion the rights of individuals with disabilities. Permitting this travesty of justice to happen would fly within the face of these guarantees," Reprieve director Maya Foa mentioned.
“ We urge President Halimah Yacob to take heed to the cries for mercy inside Singapore and around the globe, from the United Nations to world enterprise leaders, and spare the lifetime of this susceptible man." Foa mentioned in a press release.
Anybody discovered with over 15 grams (0.5 ounces) of heroin faces the dying sentence in Singapore, though judges can scale back this to life in jail at their discretion.
Nagaenthran was sentenced to dying in 2010 and different makes an attempt to scale back his sentence to life in jail or obtain a presidential pardon failed.
Malaysia’s chief, European Union representatives and world figures comparable to British enterprise magnate Richard Branson have known as for Nagaenthran’s life to be spared and used the case to advocate for ending capital punishment.
Singapore’s dwelling affairs ministry has responded that the nation has a “zero-tolerance stance towards illicit medicine” and that the dying penalty has been made clear at its borders.
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