The Singaporean authorities defended late on Wednesday decision To execute a convicted Malaysian man of drugs smuggling, in response to international blacklash over they use of The death penalty Despite pleas of mental handicap.
Naganthran Dharmalingam, 34, was convicted of smuggling at least 42 grams (1.48 ounces) of Heroin in Singapore, which has among the world’s toughest drug laws. was hanged on Wednesday morning after multiple legal challenges And the appeal for clemency on On the grounds that he has an intellectual disability, failed.
His lawyers and activists said that Nagaentran’s IQ was found Be 69 years old, which is the level recognized as an intellectual disability.
But the Central Narcotics Bureau in Singapore said in He stated his actions were “deliberate, purposeful and calculated decision” and reiterated the court’s finding that he “knew what he was doing”.
Chambers of the Attorney General said in Separate statement Nagaenthran got a fair trial and ‘exhausted his rights of Appeal and almost every other avenue of recourse under the law over About 11 years old.
the case attracted international interest, with a group of United Nations experts and British billionaire Richard Branson joining Human rights activists urge Singapore to travel to him death sentence.
The European Union and AI also Among the many voices calling the punishment “inhuman” and urging Singapore to impose a moratorium on it on Executions.
The city-States government says The death penalty deterrent against drug smuggling and more of its citizens support The death penalty.
Another Malaysian drug smuggler, Dachinamurthy Katiyah, is scheduled to be executed on Friday.
