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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Singapore executes disabled Malaysian convicted in drug case

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Officials in Singapore executed a mentally disabled Malaysian national convicted of drug trafficking despite pleas seeking clemency for him from across the world citing his poor mental condition.

Nagaenthran Dharmalingam was caught smuggling 42.72 grams of heroin strapped to his thigh into Singapore in April 2009 and was sentenced to capital punishment the next year.

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