Singapore hangs Malaysian on death row Kalwant Singh


Malaysian Kalwant Singh was executed in Singapore after his final bid to escape the gallows was rejected. - Photo from Kirsten Han's Twitter account.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian death row inmate Kalwant Singh has been executed in Singapore for drug trafficking on Thursday (July 7).

This comes after Kalwant's last-minute effort to escape the gallows was rejected by the courts in Singapore.

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