Singapore court to hear Nagaenthran’s last-ditch appeal


Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam is facing the death penalty after he was arrested for trafficking a small amount of heroin into Singapore. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, March 1, 2022.

SINGAPORE’S top court will hear the last-ditch appeal of a Malaysian man facing execution today despite concerns he is mentally disabled, a case that has triggered international outcry.

Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam was arrested in 2009 for trafficking a small amount of heroin into the republic, which has some of the toughest drugs laws in the world, and sentenced to death the following year.


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