PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian man who was scheduled to be executed in Singapore on Friday (May 24) for drug trafficking has been granted a stay of execution by the republic's Court of Appeal. The Singapore Court of Appeal heard the application on Thursday (May 23) afternoon. “The court has just granted stay. Singapore President Halimah Yacob had previously rejected a clemency appeal from Pannir’s family. Pannir was convicted in 2017 of trafficking 51.84g of diamorphine or heroin at the Woodlands Checkpoint on Sept 3, 2014.

Source: The Star May 23, 2019 08:26 UTC