Nagaenthran accorded full due process - Singapore leaders reply to Malaysian counterparts

A family member carries a potrait of the late Malaysian national Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, who was executed for trafficking heroin into Singapore, during a funeral ceremony in Tanjung Rambutan in Malaysia's Perak district, on April 29, 2022. Hundreds of mourners wept, read prayers and banged drums April 29 at the funeral of a mentally disabled Malaysian man whose hanging in Singapore this week sparked an international outcry. - AFP

SINGAPORE, April 29 (Bernama): Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan had replied to their Malaysian counterparts on Tuesday (April 26) to convey that Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam had been accorded full due process under the law.

This was according to the republic’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) spokesperson in a statement issued here in response to media queries on the appeal letters from Malaysian leaders on the judicial execution of Nagaenthran.