PETALING JAYA: Malaysian death row inmate Kalwant Singh has been executed in Singapore for drug trafficking on Thursday (July 7). ALSO READ: Malaysian drug trafficker Kalwant Singh fails in 11th-hour bid to stay executionApart from Kalwant, Han said that Norasharee Gous, a Singaporean who was arrested and charged in relation to the same case, was also hanged for drug trafficking. He was convicted in 2016 and had been on death row since then. Several participants were said to have chanted "save, save Kalwant" and "Singapore, stop the killing" while carrying placards bearing the message "#Putrajaya save Kalwant" and "we can live without the death penalty". ALSO READ: Halt execution of Malaysian citizen in SingaporeOn April 27, Singapore executed Malaysian death row inmate Nagaenthran Dharmalingam for drug trafficking despite local and international pleas.

Source: The Star July 07, 2022 21:10 UTC