Disabled Malaysian Loses Appeal Will Be Hanged In Singapore
Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam has been sentenced to death since 2010 for trying to smuggle less than 43 grams of heroin into Singapore. At a previous hearing, his IQ was revealed to be 69 – a level internationally recognized as a mental disability, but the court ruled that Nagaenthran knew what he was doing by violating Singapore’s tough anti-drug laws. M. Ravi, a lawyer assisting in the case, wrote on Facebook that the Singapore Supreme Court had ruled that Nagaenthran’s appeal was “an abuse of procedure and that international law does not apply”....