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High percentage of Malaysian Indians on Singapore's death row questioned

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Human rights group Sebaran Kasih is questioning why a seemingly large proportion of Malaysians receiving the death penalty through the judiciary system in Singapore appear to be of Indian ethnicity.

"Our list of Malaysians who are on death row in Changi Prison show that six out of seven names are of Indian ethnicity - namely K Datchinamurrthy, Kalwant Singh a/l Jogindar Singh, Y Tamilselvam, P Pannir Selvam, S Saminathan and Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam. The seventh is Rahmat Karimon...

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