Cry for clemency: Activists holding placards to stop the execution in this filepic taken on Nov 3 last year, in a case that has triggered international outcry. Nagaenthran’s Malaysian lawyer mounted a new bid to halt the execution scheduled for April 27. — AFP
A Malaysian man with a mental disability is to be hanged next week in Singapore after losing a final appeal, rights groups said, but his Malaysian lawyer mounted a new bid to halt the execution.
Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam has been on death row since 2010 for attempting to smuggle less than 43g (1.5 ounces) of heroin into Singapore.
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