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Reuters
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Edgar Su

Singaporeans hold vigil for Malaysian in high-profile death row case

A poster of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam is pictured at a vigil ahead of the planned executions of Malaysians Dharmalingam and Datchinamurthy Kataiah at Hong Lim Park in Singapore April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su

About 300 people held a candlelight vigil at a Singapore park on Monday to protest against the planned hanging of a Malaysian convicted of drug smuggling whom activists say should be spared because he has an intellectual disability.

Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, 34, has been on death row for more than a decade for trafficking 43 grams (1.5 oz) of heroin into Singapore. He lost his final appeal against the execution last month.

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