KUALA LUMPUR: The execution of Malaysian K. Datchinamurthy in Singapore, will proceed at 3pm after it was halted this morning (Sept 25).
Lawyer N. Surendran, who represents Datchinamurthy's family, told Berita Harian that it would take place in the afternoon.
"All I heard is that it (execution) is happening this afternoon.
"Suddenly, we received the information, it is shocking and extremely cruel," Surendran is reported as saying on Thursday (Sept 25).
Earlier, Surendran said that the family received a call from Changi Prison that the execution would not be carried out.
Datchinamurthy had been sentenced to death for trafficking 44.96g of heroin into Singapore.
He was arrested in 2011 and later convicted of trafficking about 45g (1.6 ounces) of heroin into Singapore.
He was to be hanged in 2022 but won a last-minute reprieve pending a legal challenge that was dismissed by the court in August.
Singapore’s strict laws mandate the death penalty for anyone caught carrying more than 15g of heroin and 500g of cannabis.
He is one of four Malaysians on death row in Singapore whom the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia mentioned earlier this month in urging the government to intervene in their executions.
The other three are P. Pannir Selvam, S. Saminathan and R. Lingkesvaran.
On Wednesday (Sept 24) night local non-governmental organisations held a candlelight vigil for Datchinamurthy outside the Singapore High Commission here.
