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the singapore court of appeal dismissed a last—minute plea filed by the mother of a malaysian death rowmalingam has been on death row for more than a decade after trafficking nearly 43 grams of heroin into singapore, which has some of the world's strictest drug laws. let's get more on this now. our reporter suranjana tewari joins us from singapore. and this was a case that got international attention as well. there were un experts supporting the mother's appeal, even the billionaire richard branson stop why do you think singapore took such a hard stance on this particular case? well, singaporejust did stance on this particular case? well, singapore just did what it said it does. it supports the death penalty because it says it acts as a deterrent and thatis says it acts as a deterrent and that is one of the reasons that makes singapore thursday. and drug trafficking is particularly hard line. we have had confirmation that this execution did take place this morning. and one of the reasons there has been such an outcry internationally over this case is because nagaenthran dharmalingam was

a malaysian man with the mental age of a child has been executed in singapore for drug smuggling. the court of appeald by the mother of nagaenthran dharmalingam. he'd been on death row for more than a decade after trafficking nearly 43 grams of heroin into singapore, which has some of the world's strictest drug laws. well, singaporejust did what it said it does. it supports the death penalty because it says it acts as a deterrent and that's one of the reasons that makes singapore so safe. and drug trafficking especailly it's particularly hard one. we have had confirmation that this execution did take place this morning. and one of the reasons there has been such an outcry internationally over this case is because nagaenthran dharmalingam was found to be intellectually disabled. that is what activists say. now, the court did interview a number of experts who said he was borderline intellectually disabled, but in the end the court ruled that he did know what he was doing at the time of the offence. of course, there have been a number of activists, a number of international figures, who have called on s

a malaysian man with the mental age of a child has been executed in singapore for drug smuggling. the court of appealismissed a last—minute plea filed by the mother of nagaenthran dharmalingam. he'd been on death row for more than a decade after trafficking nearly 43 grams of heroin. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. vladimir putin claims ukraine is a fake nation. he peddles a moscow centric version of history which draws on centuries of russian imperialism. his invasion of ukraine is about much more than military supremacy, it's about culture, language, identity and values too. my guest is the ukrainian rock star, former mp and current lieutenant in the ukrainian armed forces, slava va karchuk. what can this cultural icon contribute to the defence of the ukraine? slava vakarchuk, somewhere close to the front line in eastern ukraine, a warm welcome to hardtalk. hello stephen. very happy to be here, thanks for having me here. it is a pleasure to have you on the show. let me ask you this, musician or soldier, how do you see yourself right now, how should we see you? fi

a malaysian man with the mental age of a child has been executed in singapore for drug smuggling. the court of appeald by the mother of nagaenthran dharmalingam. he'd been on death row for more than a decade after trafficking nearly 43 grams of heroin into singapore, which has some of the world's strictest drug laws. our reporter suranjana tewari joins us from singapore. welcome, this case was extremely controversial and dragged on for years. tell us more about it. yes, it was controversial internationally with the un and british billionaire richard branson calling on singapore to commute his death sentence, but we did get confirmation the execution took place this morning at changi prison. we spoke to his family this morning as well who told us that funeral directors had arrived at changi prison and the plan was to take him back to malaysia for his last rites. of to malaysia for his last rites. of course, this has been a very controversial case because it was said that nagaenthran has a borderline intellectual disabilities. although the court heard from experts during his case saying that, they did

a lazy man, convicted of drug trafficking and singapore has been executed off to final appeals failed. naga and tongue lingam had been on deck through for 13 years of to be in court smuggling heroine, his mother celebrities around governments appealed for clemency because of his mental disability. darby chu at the anti death penalty age network says that drug trafficking, mules being targeted, not the bosses. i think singable government needs to us itself. this execute has been a very big support in singapore itself, which is traditionally a place where people favor the death penalty. the human claim, the same in the parliament, hands of it, amused to state the thing up or in people one. so definitely the belief it is the fact that deterrence and the government defendant. and then we look at again, trends case. we've got to ask the question, when the government introduce a definite people drop off and then this was in the seventy's piece. it was not to say, you know, they believe that this will look at the tourist with a response to the traffic. you'll hear intrusive point, australia, other countries, and then has more work. it has been 3040 years now. drug traff

elderly hoping the court might hear an appeal from his elderly mother who has travelled from malaysia to singapore to stand up in court and seek to defend her son and seek to get a stay ofere may still be the opportunity for malaysia to negotiate a prisoner transfer. we are in the last stages now, but we are maintaining hope and holding up the pressure on this case, because execution really would be an absolute ofjustice. in case, because execution really would be an absolute ofjustice.— be an absolute of 'ustice. in terms of what his _ be an absolute ofjustice. in terms of what his lawyers _ be an absolute ofjustice. in terms of what his lawyers have _ be an absolute ofjustice. in terms of what his lawyers have been - be an absolute ofjustice. in terms i of what his lawyers have been saying and what the singapore high court have said, my understanding is singapore rejected the pleas from his lawyers that he has an intellectual disability, the court found he was knocked intellectually disabled. can you talk us through what happened in the proceedings? what there where were five separate reports which variously found actually not one but a range of different intellectual

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