PRIME Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has written to his Singapore counterpart Lee Hsien Loong seeking leniency for a Malaysian scheduled to be hanged for drug trafficking.
Bernama understands that Ismail has asked the Singapore government to look into staying the execution while he seeks a fresh application for presidential clemency in the case of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam.
Nagaenthran, 33, who is said to b intellectually disabled, was arrested by Singaporean authorities on April 22, 2009, and charged with smuggling 42.72g of diamorphine. He was sentenced to death by the High Court of Singapore on November 22, 2010.
His application for presidential clemency was rejected on June 1, 2020.
He is scheduled to be executed on November 10. β Bernama, November 7, 2021.
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