PETALING JAYA, Sept 24 — Human rights lawyer N Surendran commended two former prime ministers, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, for their appeals to Singapore seeking clemency for Malaysians on death row for drug offences. Mahathir intervened in 2018 for P Prabu, while Ismail wrote in 2021 on humanitarian grounds for Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam.
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Despite their efforts, both men were executed. Surendran, an adviser to Lawyers for Liberty, said the interventions were “meaningful” as they provided consolation to grieving families. He spoke after joining a candlelight vigil at the Singapore High Commission in Kuala Lumpur for his client, K Datchinamurthy, scheduled for execution tomorrow. Datchinamurthy was convicted in 2015 of smuggling diamorphine into Singapore.
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