PETALING JAYA: Singapore has executed 38-year-old Malaysian Pannir Selvam Pranthaman for smuggling drugs into the island republic in 2014.
Singapore-based non-governmental organisation Transformative Justice Collective member Rocky Howe confirmed the execution on Wednesday (Oct 8).
“Pannir Selvam has been executed this morning,” he said when contacted by The Star.
He was convicted by the High Court on May 2, 2017 for importing not less than 51.84g of diamorphine into Singapore in 2014 and was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty.
The Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal on Feb 9, 2018 and his clemency petition to the President of Singapore was rejected.
Pannir Selvam was granted a stay of execution on two occasions.
The first was in May 2019 as he intended to challenge the rejection of his clemency petition.
He also sought to challenge the Public Prosecutor's decision not to issue a certificate of substantive assistance.
The second stay was granted in February 2025 pending determination of a post-appeal application for a stay, and the application was later rejected on Sept 5.
This is the second execution of a Malaysian in the republic within two weeks.
It followed the execution of K. Datchinamurthy on Sept 25.
In July this year, two Malaysians were also executed for drug offences.
