Kho Jabing executed in Singapore

PETALING JAYA: After a long battle that saw several last-minute stays of executions, Sarawakian Kho Jabing (pic) was hanged in Singapore on Friday.

He was executed at about 3.30pm at the Changi Prison after meeting his family for the last time, said Rachel Zeng of the Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Campaign.

The timing of his execution was considered highly irregular as executions usually take place at dawn on Friday.

His execution came after a five-panel Court of Appeal dismissed an eleventh-hour attempt to stay the execution.

Jabing, 31, was originally scheduled to be hanged in the morning for the brutal killing of a construction worker in 2008 but received a temporary stay of execution late Thursday night.