UN experts urge Singapore to halt Malaysian's execution

Activists attend a candlelight vigil against the impending execution of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, sentenced to death for trafficking heroin into Singapore, outside the Singaporean embassy in Kuala Lumpur. Singapore's High Court has halted the imminent execution of a Malaysian man believed to have a mental disability, amid pleas from the international community and rights groups. - AP

SINGAPORE (Reuters): A group of UN human rights experts have appealed to Singapore to halt an execution scheduled this week of a Malaysian who smuggled drugs into the city-state, on the grounds that he has intellectual disabilities.

Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, 33, is scheduled to be hanged on Wednesday (Nov 10), but the court stayed his execution https://reut.rs/3D2UuUD pending an appeal to be heard on Tuesday (Nov 9). Singapore has some of the world's toughest laws on drugs.