Untenable to give special moratorium on execution of Malaysian death-row prisoners, says Shanmugam

Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said that the Pakatan Harapan government has made three requests to stop executions of Malaysians in Singapore since it took over in Malaysia.- ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR

SINGAPORE (ANN): Since the Pakatan Harapan government took power in Malaysia around a year ago, it has made three requests to stop executions of Malaysians in Singapore, two of whom are drug traffickers, says Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam.

But Singapore cannot make exceptions for Malaysians who have been sentenced to death for their offences as it would undermine the rule of law here, he added.