Malaysian drug trafficker Nagaenthran Dharmalingam 'accorded full due process under the law': President Halimah

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SINGAPORE: President Halimah Yacob has replied to Malaysia's king on the appeal letters from Malaysian leaders regarding the case of drug trafficker

, who is on death row in Singapore, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday .

According to the Malaysian Insight, Malaysia's Deputy Foreign Minister Kamarudin Jaffar told Parliament on Nov 23 that the king had written to Ms Halimah appealing for clemency for Nagaenthran.also replied to their Malaysian counterpartsNagaenthran's execution was stayed on Nov 9 when he tested positive for COVID-19. He was ushered in briefly into the dock that day before the Court of Appeal for a last-ditch attempt against his death sentence.

Nagaenthran failed in his appeals to the High Court in 2011, to the Apex Court in 2019, where a court of five judges including the Chief Justice dismissed his applications, and in his petition to the president for clemency.

 

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