PETALING JAYA: Kalwant Singh, a Malaysian who has been on death row in Singapore over the past six years, has been executed for drug trafficking.
This comes after his last-minute effort to escape the gallows was rejected by the courts in Singapore.
His death was confirmed by Singaporean human rights activist Kirsten Han.
Kalwant, 32, was arrested in Singapore in 2013 for possessing 60.15g of diamorphine and trafficking 120.9g of the substance.
He was convicted in 2016 and had been on death row since.
It was reported last month that the authorities in Singapore issued the execution notice for the sentence to be carried out on July 7.
On Wednesday night, a group of people held a candlelight vigil in front of the Singapore High Commission in Kuala Lumpur in an attempt to stop the execution, to no avail.
On April 27, Singapore executed Malaysian death row inmate Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, 34, for trafficking 42.72g of heroin.
He had been sentenced to death in 2010.
