Lawyers plead at embassy as Singapore to execute M'sian next Wednesday

Lawyer groups are pleading with Singapore President Halimah Yacob and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to commute the death sentence of Malaysian Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam.

Members of the Malaysian Bar Council gathered in front of the Singapore High Commission at Jalan Tun Razak in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon and handed a memorandum appealing for Nagaenthran’s clemency.

"We have asked for...