Singapore halts execution of Malaysian drug trafficker at last minute
The execution of Malaysian national K. Datchinamurthy in Singapore has been halted. The execution was initially scheduled to take place at Changi prison on Thursday morning. Lawyer N. Surendran, who represents the inmate’s family, told an online portal that they received a call from the prison after midnight telling them of the matter. “We have…
The execution was initially scheduled to take place at Changi prison on Thursday morning.
Lawyer N. Surendran, who represents the inmate’s family, told an online portal that they received a call from the prison after midnight telling them of the matter.
“We have no further information at this point. We are praying for the best outcome,” he said.
Datchinamurthy, 39, was scheduled to be executed on Thursday for smuggling around 45 grams (1.6 ounces) of heroin into Singapore.
He was arrested in 2011 and later convicted of trafficking about 45 grams of heroin into Singapore.
He was to be hanged in 2022, but won a last-minute reprieve pending a legal challenge that was dismissed by the court in August.
