Nagaenthran given full due legal process, says Singapore president
Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam was sentenced to death by the Singapore High Court in November 2010. (Facebook pic)
SINGAPORE: Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, the Malaysian who is on death row in Singapore, had been accorded full due process under the law.
This was conveyed by Singapore President Halimah Yacob in a letter to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, who had written to her appealing for clemency for Nagaenthran.
In a statement today, the republic’s foreign affairs ministry revealed the contents of Halimah’s reply in response to media queries on the appeal letters from Malaysian leaders on the fate of the 33-year old awaiting execution for a drug offence in Singapore.
On Nov 12, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and foreign affairs minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan also replied to their counterparts.
Both Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah had earlier written to their Singapore counterparts, requesting for the discretion of Singaporean authorities to grant presidential clemency to Nagaenthran.
Hailing from Perak, Nagaenthran was arrested in Singapore on April 22, 2009, for smuggling 42.72gm of diamorphine and was sentenced to death by the Singapore High Court on Nov 22, 2010.
The appeal process had already reached the final stage, which was the presidential clemency that was rejected on June 1, 2020.
Nagaenthran, who has been on death row for 11 years and was scheduled to be hanged on Nov 10, 2021, however, found temporary respite on Nov 9 after the court was told he had tested positive for Covid-19 when he appeared for a last-bid attempt against his sentence.
Following the dramatic turn of events, he was granted a further stay of execution by the Court of Appeal.
Nagaenthran’s lawyers claim that he is intellectually disabled.
SINGAPORE: Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, the Malaysian who is on death row in Singapore, had been accorded full due process under the law.
This was conveyed by Singapore President Halimah Yacob in a letter to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, who had written to her appealing for clemency for Nagaenthran.
In a statement today, the republic’s foreign affairs ministry revealed the contents of Halimah’s reply in response to media queries on the appeal letters from Malaysian leaders on the fate of the 33-year old awaiting execution for a drug offence in Singapore.
On Nov 12, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and foreign affairs minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan also replied to their counterparts.
Both Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah had earlier written to their Singapore counterparts, requesting for the discretion of Singaporean authorities to grant presidential clemency to Nagaenthran.
Hailing from Perak, Nagaenthran was arrested in Singapore on April 22, 2009, for smuggling 42.72gm of diamorphine and was sentenced to death by the Singapore High Court on Nov 22, 2010.
The appeal process had already reached the final stage, which was the presidential clemency that was rejected on June 1, 2020.
Nagaenthran, who has been on death row for 11 years and was scheduled to be hanged on Nov 10, 2021, however, found temporary respite on Nov 9 after the court was told he had tested positive for Covid-19 when he appeared for a last-bid attempt against his sentence.
Following the dramatic turn of events, he was granted a further stay of execution by the Court of Appeal.
Nagaenthran’s lawyers claim that he is intellectually disabled.
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kt commiserates with Nagaenthran's family - looks like the Sing govt has closed the door for any last minute compassion for the poor bloke.
It's brutal to execute a living human being. What benefit will there be?
kt sincerely menjunjung kasih kepada Tuanku, HM the YDG, and also thanks YB PM Ismail Sabri for their appeals to the Sing govt for Nagaenthran to be spared the hangman's noose.
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