Clemency process for Malaysian on death row in Singapore ‘unlawful’, says lawyers’ group | The Malaysian Insight

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Clemency process for Malaysian on death row in Singapore ‘unlawful’, says lawyers’ group

Lawyers for Liberty adviser N. Surendran says Singapore did not undertake the clemency process for Malaysian Pannir Selvam Pranthaman honestly or lawfully. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, May 18, 2019.

SINGAPORE’S clemency process for Malaysian Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, who is on death row for drug trafficking, was tainted with illegality, said a lawyers’ group. Lawyers for Liberty said in a statement today that a letter rejecting Pannir’s request for clemency had been dated on the same day as his notice of execution, suggesting executive interference in the clemency process.

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