Singapore court stays execution of Indian-origin man
The Hindu
The development comes a day after an Indian-origin man was hanged for drug trafficking at the Changi Prison.
A court here stayed the execution of an Indian-origin man convicted for drug trafficking, pending the conclusion of a civil application that he and other death row inmates filed against the Attorney General’s Chambers.
The court decision came on Thursday, a day after an Indian-origin man was hanged for drug trafficking at the Changi Prison.
Datchinamurthy Kataiah (36) was scheduled to be hanged on Friday, The Straits Times reported.
Kataiah and 12 other death row convicts have filed a civil application against the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC), seeking declarations and damages over the disclosure of their private letters.
The hearing in the case is fixed for May 20, according to the daily report.
Datchinamurthy represented himself in the High Court.
Justices Andrew Phang, Judith Prakash and Belinda Ang will issue detailed grounds of the decision at a later date, according to the report.
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