Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, 33, was arrested in 2009 for transporting 43 grams of heroin, equivalent to three tablespoons, in Singapore, where he was sentenced the following year. This Wednesday he was to be hanged.
But the High Court of this Southeast Asian country agreed on Monday to stay his execution, pending the result of an appeal from his lawyers, according to which this sentence would be unconstitutional.
“Good news,” his attorney Ravi stated on Facebook using the hashtags #EndCrimeNotLife and #DivineJustice.
The case must be examined by the High Court of Singapore, but the length of the stay of execution was not specified.
According to Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam’s supporters, he has an IQ of 69, a level that corresponds to a mental disability, and was addicted to alcohol at the time of the events.
Several NGOs, such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, called his death sentence “cruel” and “despicable”. The European Union requested that the sentence be commuted to a prison sentence.
If the hanging is confirmed, it would be the first execution since 2019 in this country, which sees capital punishment as useful in deterring criminals despite mounting pressure from rights defenders for its abolition.
Source From: Ambito
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