Family of death row inmate in Singapore hopes for best, prepares for worst


Pannir Selvam Pranthaman. -Bernamapic

KUALA LUMPUR: It has been almost 10 years since Sangkari Pranthaman’s brother has been in prison in Singapore and in that time, she has only held his hands twice.

Both occasions were marked by extreme emotion at both ends of the spectrum. The first time was crushing heartbreak when she heard the court convict and sentence her brother Pannir Selvam Pranthaman to death for trafficking 51.84g of heroin in 2017.

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