M’sian drug trafficker hanged in 11th execution of the year


A MALAYSIAN man was hanged in Singapore for drug trafficking, raising the number of executions in the city-state to 11 this year despite renewed calls to abolish the death penalty.

The execution of Datchinamurthy Kataiah, 39, occurred yesterday afternoon after an unexplained brief delay.

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