SINGAPORE: Since Pakatan Har­a­pan took power, it has made three requests to stop executions of Mal­aysians in Singapore, two of whom are drug traffickers, says Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shan­mugam.But he said Singapore could not make exceptions for Malaysians sentenced to death as it would undermine the rule of law here. “It is not tenable to give a special moratorium to Malaysians and impose it on everyone else, including Singaporeans who commit offences which carry the deathpenalty,” he said yesterday. He said the death penalty was imposed because evidence showed that it was an effective deterrent. Pannir Selvam had applied for his death sentence to be stayed on the basis that he intended to mount a legal challenge against the rejection of his petition for clemency to President Halimah Yacob. The three-judge Court of Appeal that granted his request noted that Pannir Selvam was told of the rejection and his execution date just one week in advance.

Source: The Star May 25, 2019 00:22 UTC