Malaysian in death row accorded due process - Singapore PM

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan have replied to their Malaysian counterparts to convey that the Malaysian awaiting execution for a drug offence in the republic has been accorded full due process under the law.

This is according to a statement issued by the republic’s Foreign Affairs Ministry in response to media queries on the appeal letters from Malaysian leaders on the judicial execution of Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, a 33-year-old Malaysian from Perak.

Both Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah had earlier...