Singapore executes a mentally disabled Malaysian man condemned for a drug offence after court dismisses last-minute challenge from his mother and international pleas to spare him
Reprieve, an NGO that campaigns against the death penalty, says Nagaenthran was"the victim of a tragic miscarriage of justice".
His brother Navin Kumar, 22, said by telephone the execution had been carried out on Wednesday 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.
Nagaenthran's case has attracted world attention, with a group of United Nations experts and British billionaire Richard Branson joining Malaysia's prime minister and human rights activists to urge Singapore to commute his death sentence.§