Singapore Executes Mentally Challenged Indian-Origin Man In Drugs Case
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Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, 34, was convicted and sentenced to death in November 2010 for importing 42.72 grams of heroin in 2009, when he was caught at Woodlands Checkpoint (a causeway link with Peninsular Malaysia) while entering Singapore, with the bundle of drugs strapped to his thigh.
Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a mentally challenged Indian-origin Malaysian man convicted in a drug trafficking case, was executed in Singapore today, his family told the media after his mother's appeal was dismissed by the court of appeal on Tuesday.
Dharmalingam, 34, was hanged this morning and his remains will be taken back to Ipoh, a city in northern Peninsular Malaysia, Bernama News Agency quoted Dharmalingam's brother Navin Kumar as saying.
He was convicted in 2010 and had exhausted all legal recourse. He was first scheduled to be hanged on November 10 last year but filed a last-ditch challenge. After his mother's application was dismissed, the court ordered his death sentence.
Dharmalingam was convicted and sentenced to death in November 2010 for importing 42.72 grams of heroin in 2009, when he was caught at Woodlands Checkpoint (a causeway link with Peninsular Malaysia) while entering Singapore, with the bundle of drugs strapped to his thigh.
