Court of Appeal dismisses plea by mother of Malaysian drug trafficker on death row

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SINGAPORE — The Court of Appeal on Tuesday (April 26) dismissed a last-minute plea by convicted Malaysian drug trafficker Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, who has been on death row for more than a decade, and his mother.

Taking place one day before Nagaenthran's scheduled execution, the hearing was convened after a criminal motion was filed by Nagaenthran and his mother Madam Panchalai Supermaniam on Monday.

Mdm Panchalai spoke briefly, telling the court:"We want him back alive, your honour." She said her family was in"dire straits" and that the application was to ask for time for them to get a lawyer. On the substance of the motion, Mr Wong called it"baseless" and said that Nagaenthran previously did not object to Chief Justice Menon's involvement despite knowing that his tenure as Attorney-General had overlapped with Nagaenthran's criminal proceedings.

He argued that Chief Justice Menon's involvement was not raised earlier by Nagaenthran's previous lawyers even though one of them, Mr M Ravi, had considered this issue. According to the prosecution, Mdm Panchalai had alluded to the documents being prepared with the help of"friends and social activists".

She said these friends were"educated" but not legally trained, and that they were also the ones who helped her to physically file the application.

 

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