The Malaysian Insight

MALAYSIAN death row prisoner in Singapore, Kalwant Singh, 32, will have his application to stay his execution heard today, the eve of his scheduled hanging.

Kalwant’s sister, Tarlochan Kaur told The Malaysian Insight the appellate court will hear him at 3pm.

Kalwant is hopeful he will get a last-minute reprieve, she said.

“I have been seeing him since Friday and he seems to be very positive that he will get a last-minute stay,” said Tarlochan, who flew to Singapore last week after the execution date was set.

Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) yesterday said Kalwant had not only filed a notice of motion to the Court of Appeal for a stay of his execution but also for a review of his conviction and sentence. 

Kalwant was arrested by Singaporean authorities on drug charges in 2013 and has been imprisoned since.

He was convicted by the Singapore High Court of trafficking in 120.9g of diamorphine.

In April, another Malaysian, Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, 34, was executed despite pleas for clemency because he was intellectually challenged. His last-minute legal appeals were rejected.

He was arrested in April 2009 and sentenced to death in 2011 under the Misuse of Drugs Act, for illegally importing 42.7g of diamorphine.

Since 2010, 14 Malaysians, 11 of them Indian, have been on death row in Singapore.

According to reports, nine Malaysians, including Kalwant, are in line to be executed soon. – July 6, 2022.