Nagaenthran Dharmalingam

KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 — Well-wishers, activists and representatives from the Bar Council and political parties hosted the candlelight vigil held for ...

AFP had on March 29 reported that Nagaenthran supporters had said he has an IQ of 69 and his family argued he has — a level recognised as a disability — and was coerced into committing the crime. Yesterday in a last-ditch effort to save his life, Nagaenthiran filed a legal challenge in court through his mother Panchalai Supermaniam, who was unrepresented, the hearing of which the Singapore Court of Appeal has scheduled for 2.30pm today. Held outside the Singapore Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, the vigil was a show of support for Nagaenthran who has been incarcerated for drug trafficking since 2009.

Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam is scheduled to be executed tomorrow after the Court of Appeal upheld his death sentence last month. (File pic).

About 300 people held a candlelight vigil at a Singapore park on Monday to protest against the planned hanging of a Malaysian convicted of drug smuggling ...

Dharmalingam's family stood at the perimeter of the park as foreigners are not allowed to enter under Singaporean laws on protests. The Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear another motion filed by Dharmalingam and his mother. read more

The 34-year-old Malaysian was slated to be executed on Wednesday (April 27) after the Singapore Court of Appeal upheld his death sentence last month.

However, the Court of Appeal in its judgment dated March 29 dismissed his appeal on the grounds that there was lack of evidence showing the deterioration of his mental state. This is the very eve of execution," he said. The Court of Appeal in the republic had previously dismissed Nagaenthran’s appeal against the death sentence in 2019 for importing 42.72g of heroin in 2009.

N Surendran says the Singapore attorney-general's demand that S Panchalai reveal the names of those aiding her in her suit against the Singapore chief ...

GENEVA (25 April 2022) - We urge the Government of Singapore to halt the imminent execution of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam and Datchinamurthy Kataiah, ...

More than 50 people are reported to be on death row in Singapore. Dharmalingam was arrested in 2009 and convicted on charges of drug trafficking. At least three other men found guilty of drug-related offences, Roslan bin Bakar, Rosman bin Abdullah and Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, remain at risk of imminent execution.

Its spokesperson, Ravina Shamdasani, also urged the Singaporean authorities to consider granting the 33-year-old Malaysian clemency and reducing his sentence to ...

In Singapore, the UN rights office, OHCHR, called on Monday for a stay of execution for two Malaysian nationals accused of drug offences. |

A few States also still permit the death penalty for crimes other than those of extreme gravity involving intentional killing, including for drug-related or terrorism charges, the Committee said. “More work needs to be done,” according to its website, which says that the universal abolition of the death sentence “is necessary for the enhancement of human dignity and progressive development of human rights”. Echoing that message, Ms. Shamdasani insisted that sentencing people to death for drug-related offences was “incompatible with international human rights law”, adding that countries that have not yet abolished the death penalty should only impose it for the “most serious crimes”, which is usually interpreted as crimes of extreme gravity involving intentional killing. According to the UN Human Rights Committee, around 170 States have abolished or introduced a moratorium on the death penalty, either in law or in practice. The execution of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam and Datchinamurthy Kataiah is imminent, the UN rights office said in a statement, before pointing to an apparently “alarming acceleration in execution notices” in Singapore, since the start of the year. In Singapore, the UN rights office, OHCHR, called on Monday for a stay of execution for two Malaysian nationals accused of drug offences.

SINGAPORE: The Court of Appeal on Tuesday (Apr 26) dismissed a last-minute plea by convicted Malaysian drug trafficker Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, ...

"Nagaenthran has been afforded due process under law. Mdm Panchalai spoke briefly, telling the court: "We want him back alive, your honour." Earlier, Nagaenthran's mother Mdm Panchalai addressed the court herself through a Tamil interpreter. He previously failed in his appeals to the High Court in 2011, to the Court of Appeal in 2019 and in his petition to the president for clemency. The case has attracted international attention. Delivering the judgment on behalf of the panel, Justice Phang said the Court of Appeal found the application to be "devoid of merit".

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Court of Appeal on Tuesday (April 26) dismisssed a legal challenge filed by Nagaenthran Dharmalingam's mother in a last-ditch ...

We want him back alive...We need to get lawyers for this case." I made the petition. SINGAPORE: The Singapore Court of Appeal on Tuesday (April 26) dismissed a legal challenge filed by Nagaenthran Dharmalingam’s mother in a last-ditch attempt to set aside her son's conviction and death sentence.

GENEVA (25 April 2022) - We urge the Government of Singapore to halt the imminent execution of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam and Datchinamurthy Kataiah, ...

More than 50 people are reported to be on death row in Singapore. Dharmalingam was arrested in 2009 and convicted on charges of drug trafficking. At least three other men found guilty of drug-related offences, Roslan bin Bakar, Rosman bin Abdullah and Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, remain at risk of imminent execution.

An intellectually impaired man due to be executed in Singapore on Wednesday has farewelled family members in emotional scenes inside the city-state's ...

He is due to become the second death-row prisoner in Singapore executed this year after Abdul Kahar bin Othman, a 68-year-old Singaporean, was hanged at Changi on March 30, also for drug importation. The request was approved and Nagaenthran placed his hands through a small gap in the screen to touch those of his mother and other relatives. A receding hairline had replaced the locks of pre-jail photographs and his build was more solid. “The documents she filed … were clearly drafted by a lawyer,” Phang said. Phang said Nagaenthran’s legal team had been given previous opportunities to object to Menon overseeing his appeals and had raised no issues. “I’d like to make a last-minute request to spend some time with my family members,” he said via a translator.

Singapore's Court of Appeal has dismissed the criminal motion brought by Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam's mother in a last-ditch attempt to save her son from ...

The Nazis did this, too.” Phang meanwhile said the last-minute application appeared to be a “calculated attempt” to diminish the finality of the court process. “His mother’s pleas to be allowed to appoint a lawyer were ignored by the court,” he said on Twitter.

SINGAPORE: Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, the Malaysian man found guilty of drug trafficking has been executed, says his family. His brother Navin Kumar, 22, ...

He was supposed to be hanged on Nov 10, 2021, but found temporary respite on Nov 9 after the court was told he tested positive for Covid-19 when he appeared for a last-bid attempt against his death sentence. Nagaenthran, 34, who was sentenced to death in 2010 for trafficking 42.72g of heroin into Singapore, was executed after the Court of Appeal dismissed a last-ditch challenge filed by his mother to set aside her son’s conviction and death sentence. His brother Navin Kumar, 22, said by telephone the execution had been carried out and said the funeral would be held in Ipoh, Reuters reported.

Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a Malaysian with learning disabilities who was convicted of drug trafficking in 2010 and whose case attracted global attention, ...

Singapore maintains some of the harshest drug laws in the world and claims the death penalty acts as a deterrent. “Countries that have not yet abolished the death penalty may only impose it for the “most serious crimes”, which is interpreted as crimes of extreme gravity involving intentional killing.” Our fight against the death penalty continues." The Malaysian government, United Nations experts, the European Union, civil society groups and celebrities including British entrepreneur Richard Branson had also called for Naga’s life to be spared. The judges said her last-minute plea was “vexatious”. Om Shanti, may your soul rest in peace.pic.twitter.com/034zpO1ssA

SINGAPORE: Malaysian man Nagaenthran Dharmalingam found guilty of drug trafficking in Singapore has been executed, Reuters reported today.

Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a 34-year-old Malaysian man convicted of drug trafficking more than a decade ago, was hanged by authorities at Changi Prison on ...

Get a note directly from our foreign correspondents on what’s making headlines around the world. The island nation had not executed a prisoner for more than two years until March 30, when 68-year-old Singaporean Abdul Kahar bin Othman was hanged, also for drug importation. But those pleas were dismissed and in multiple appeals, the most recent last month, lawyers were unable to secure a reprieve.

Malaysian on death row Nagaenthran Dharmalingam was executed early on Wednesday morning (April 27) in Singapore's Changi Prison and his remains will be ...

After his mother's application was dismissed, the court granted Nagaenthran’s request to hold hands with his seven family members present in the courtroom through a slit in the glass panel. Panchalai Supermaniam filed the legal challenge for her son with the help of friends and activists, and was not represented by any lawyer. When contacted, Navin was still at the Changi Prison to claim the remains of his brother.