A Malaysians man convicted of drug trafficking was executed on Wednesday in Singapore despite appeals for clemency on the grounds that he had an intellectual disability, his family said.
Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, 34, had been on death row for more than a decade for trafficking 1.5 ounces of heroin into Singapore, which has some of the world’s toughest narcotics laws. His lawyers had filed multiple appeals against his execution saying he was intellectually disabled.
His brother Navin Kumar, 22, said by telephone the execution had been carried out and said the body would be sent back to Malaysia, where a funeral would be held in the town of Ipoh.
A Singapore court on Tuesday had turned down a legal challenge put forward by Nagaenthran’s mother, clearing the way for the execution by hanging.
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