Liew denies interfering with Singapore court decision to stay execution of Malaysian death row prisoner


PUTRAJAYA, 10 Mei -- Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Liew Vui Keong semasa sidang media sempena setahun pemerintahan kerajaan Pakatan Harapan di pejabatnya Bangunan Perdana Putra baru-baru ini.
--fotoBERNAMA (2019) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

PETALING JAYA: De facto law minister Datuk Liew Vui Keong has denied interfering with the Singapore Court of Appeal's decision to stay the execution of P. Pannir Selvam, a Malaysian citizen convicted on a drug charge.

Liew, who is Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, said that "a certain quarter" in Singapore – whom he did not identify – had made serious allegations against him about the matter in the past few days.

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