Singapore is to hang a Malaysian man this week as activists press for a halt to the death penalty

[qcy888]

https://apnews.com/article/singapor...eath-penalty-082c5e00ecb75f4cd23c8a6c72663080

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian man on death row for trafficking heroin is to be executed this week in Singapore, anti-death penalty activists said Monday, renewing calls for a halt to capital punishment in the city-state.

If the execution goes through, Datchinamurthy Kataiah, 39, will become the third Malaysian national and the eleventh person to be hanged this year in Singapore.

His family received a notice on Sunday that his hanging will take place on Thursday at Singapore’s Changi prison, according to Kokila Annamalai of the Transformative Collective Justice, which advocates for abolishing the death penalty in Singapore.

Datchinamurthy was arrested in 2011 and later convicted of trafficking about 45 grams (1.6 ounces) of heroin into Singapore. He was to be hanged in 2022 but won a last-minute reprieve pending a legal challenge that was dismissed by the court in August.


Singapore’s strict laws mandate the death penalty for anyone caught carrying more than 15 grams of heroin and 500 grams of cannabis. Critics say the law disproportionately targets low-level traffickers and couriers.

 

[treeskull]

Good. Wait then ytd the guy smuggle kilos worth sure die

 

[mcylo]

Good riddance on him. Should have just die in 2022. Hang now in 2025 only extend his suffering.

sumggle drugs some more lah

 

[mcylo]

Good. Wait then ytd the guy smuggle kilos worth sure die

Let him rot in jail for 10 years then hang him

 

[xiao.xin]

Zero tolerance on drugs related offence! Pls hang.

Come out play, need to pay one.

When these druggies spending the money, they should also think about the consequences.

 

[Thoreldan]

Good. Wait then ytd the guy smuggle kilos worth sure die

i think his balls go into the body the moment ICA directed his car for further checks.

 

[The Legionnaire]

Nothing new since LKY days... smuggling of drugs equates death sentence! Learnt it all when I was a 6 year-old!

 

[Thoreldan]

Let him rot in jail for 10 years then hang him

but like that we waste food on him, he sick still have to treat him.

 

[zephxion]

can hang vape traffickers too?

 

[peterpater]

Our resident activist kunkka will come in soon

 

[Lchlch]

It's how we see such sentence.
Both sides no right no wrong.

 

[TehOPengSiuDai]

And TOC can still hold simi vigil for him. Wonder how many attended

 

[OtterJoyful]

We wasted 14 years of lodging, food, healthcare, legal and admin costs on this drug trafficker? Minister Sham must come clean.

 

[Spectre007]

出来混，迟早要吊的。

 

[mcylo]

And TOC can still hold simi vigil for him. Wonder how many attended

Ravi that good for nothing confirm attend

 

[yuzu28]

He know the law.
He broke the law.
That's his choice, don't need anyone to sympathise.
His act caused many broken families, who sympathise them?

 

[bobo07]

Smart huans will just do illegal hailing service also earn not little…. But some just wanna earn even moar in short time

 

[idiot444]

It should already be a known fact by now that Singapore tolerate no nonsense to drugs smuggling, which made this place safe. No compromise needed.

 

[I_m_limpeh]

His family received a notice on Sunday that his hanging will take place on Thursday at Singapore’s Changi prison, according to Kokila Annamalai of the Transformative Collective Justice, which advocates for abolishing the death penalty in Singapore.

Can his family come watch? Got cushion seats like in the cinema?

 

[Laguna123]

Hope he gets to eat a last good meal before going.