Singapore court set to rule on execution of mentally-impaired Nagantheran

Published: Mar 1, 2022 1:55 AM

A Singapore court is expected to rule today on an appeal against the execution of a Malaysian convicted of drugs smuggling, a fate from which activists and United Nations experts say he should be spared because he is mentally impaired.

Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, 33, has been on death row for more than a decade for trafficking 42.72 grams of heroin into Singapore...

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