Singapore on Wednesday executed an intellectually disabled man for trafficking three tablespoons of heroin into the country more than a decade ago, in one of its most high-profile hangings in decades.
A candlelight vigil in Kuala Lumpur for Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, an intellectually disabled man sentenced to death for a drug conviction a decade ago. SINGAPORE — Singapore on Wednesday executed an intellectually disabled man convicted of drug trafficking more than a decade ago, his family told Reuters, in one of its most high-profile hangings in decades, even as global condemnation poured in.
“It is my final wish,” he said through an interpreter. He held hands with his mother through a slit in a glass courtroom partition. “The use of the death penalty for drug-related offenses is incompatible with international human rights law,” the United Nations saidThe case has brought unwanted attention to Singapore’s laws on capital punishment, which are emblematic of the conservative, tough-on-crime policies the country became known for in the 20th century.
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