Don't hang mentally disabled trafficker, Singapore urged


An activist holding a placard protesting the impending execution of Nagaenthran in Kuala Lumpur. - AFP

SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore faced calls Friday not to hang a mentally disabled Malaysian man for trafficking a small amount of heroin into the city-state, with campaigners criticising the planned execution as "despicable".

Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam was arrested in 2009 for transporting 43 grams - equivalent to about three tablespoons - of the drug into Singapore, and sentenced to death the following year.

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