Citing ‘humanity’, Malaysian Bar asks Singapore to commute death sentence for Nagaenthran to life imprisonment

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The Malaysian Bar repeated its plea for clemency on humanitarian grounds after the Singapore government insisted that it had followed all the due processes of the law and given Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam a fair trial.

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An activist holding a placard attends a candlelight vigil against the impending execution of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, outside the Singaporean embassy in Kuala Lumpur on November 8, 2021. — AFP pic

Malaysian Bar president AG Kalidas acknowledged the reasoning by the given Singapore government, but stressed that the appeal for clemency is an extrajudicial process that takes place after all judicial processes are exhausted. “Our call to the Government of Singapore was in relation to the issue of clemency. This is a process that is extra-judicial that takes place after all judicial processes are exhausted,” he said.

It argued that Nagaenthran had enjoyed the full benefit of legal due process within the criminal justice system in Singapore, and that the Malaysian had received legal representation at trial and had been identified as having an IQ of 69, which had been fully taken into account in subsequent appeals and other legal proceedings.The Singapore courts had decided that his intellectual capacity was not diminished, and that he was fully cognisant of his actions.

“As such, we hope that Singapore will give effect to commitments that it has made under the CRPD,” he said.

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