
Campaigners make last effort to save man with intellectual disabilities from execution in Singapore
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Campaigners are making a last ditch effort to save a man with intellectual disabilities from execution in Singapore, in a case that has been described a "sickening" and a "systemic failure," and put the city-state's zero-tolerance drug laws back under scrutiny.
Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, a 33-year-old Malaysian man, was arrested in 2009 for bringing 42.7 grams (1.5 ounces) of heroin into Singapore. He was due to be executed by hanging on Wednesday.
On Monday, the High Court ordered a stay of execution "pending the hearing of the appeal to the Court of Appeal against the decision of the High Court," his lawyer in Singapore M. Ravi posted on Facebook. Lawyers had sought a prohibitory order against the execution, having exhausted all other legal appeals. A petition to the President for clemency was also unsuccessful.

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