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In , then year-old Nagaenthran was caught trying to smuggle heroin into Singapore from Malaysia. Nagaenthran was initially due to be hanged on Wednesday morning, but was granted a last-minute stay of execution.
On Tuesday he was found to have Covid and the execution was further delayed. The Malaysian citizen was sentenced to death despite an assessment by a medical expert that he has an IQ of 69 - a level recognised as indicating an intellectual disability. But the Singapore government said he "clearly understood the nature of his acts and did not lose his sense of judgment of the rightness or wrongness of what he was doing".
Singapore has one of the world's toughest drug laws and locally, the use of the death penalty is largely uncontroversial. But this case appears to have sparked a rare disquiet in the island nation. More than 60, people have now signed a petition calling for Singapore's president to pardon Nagaenthran, citing the fact that the execution of a mentally ill person is prohibited under international human rights law. Please save him. The movement has also gained traction on social media, where there is an unusual outpouring of anger and sympathy.
Sarmila says she's not clear if the year-old himself understands how dire his situation is. I don't know whether or not he knows [what's about to happen]. If he is hanged it will be the first execution Singapore has carried out since In , Nagaenthran was caught crossing into Singapore from Malaysia with 43g 1.
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