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Singapore delays execution of mentally impaired Malaysian drug offender

Human rights groups and UN experts urge Singapore to halt the execution of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a 33-year-old Malaysian with intellectual disability convicted in 2010 for smuggling 42.72 grams of heroin. The execution was postponed after he tested positive for COVID-19.

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CrimeSingapore delays execution of mentally impaired Malaysian drug offender

Human rights groups and UN experts urge Singapore to halt the execution of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a 33-year-old Malaysian with intellectual disability convicted in 2010 for smuggling 42.72 grams of heroin. The execution was postponed after he tested positive for COVID-19.

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