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‘Prabagaran maintained his innocence until the end’
The 29-year-old Malaysian, who was hanged to death at
the Changi Prison yesterday, accepted his fate but always maintained
his innocence, says We Believe in Second Chances co-founder Kirsten Han.
PETALING
JAYA: S. Prabagaran, who was executed in Singapore on Friday for drug
trafficking, accepted his fate but maintained his innocence until the
end.
The 29-year-old Malaysian, who is from Johor Baru, was hanged to
death at the Changi Prison yesterday and was cremated at the Mandai
crematorium in Singapore.
We Believe in Second Chances co-founder Kirsten Han said those who
were with him said he was jovial and joking with the prison guards even
during the approaching hours of the execution.
“Prabagaran always told his cousin that he was innocent but that he accepted his fate,” The Star quoted Han as saying.
Prabagaran was convicted in 2012 after 22.24g of diamorphine, a pure
form of heroin, was found in his car at the Singaporean immigration
checkpoint as he tried to enter the country.
Earlier this year, he turned to the Malaysian courts to compel the
government to start legal proceedings against Singapore before an
international tribunal for denying him a fair trial.
On March 24, Prabagaran failed to obtain leave at the Kuala Lumpur
High Court to compel the Malaysian government to start proceedings
against Singapore.
On Thursday, lawyer N Surendran said Singapore’s Court of Appeal had
dismissed Prabagaran’s application to stay his execution pending his
case in the Malaysian courts.
He told FMT the appeals court had ruled that Singapore is a sovereign
nation and that it would not wait for the outcome of proceedings in
Malaysia.
Amnesty International criticised the execution, saying it was a shocking violation of the human right to life.
“That an appeal was pending in this case in his home country at the
time of execution, and that there were serious concerns about the
fairness of his trial, underlines a flagrant disregard for due process
in profoundly dubious circumstances,” said its director for Southeast
Asia and the Pacific, James Gomez. - FMT News, 15/7/2017
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FIDH calls for Singapore to halt its execution of Prabagaran Srivijayan
The Online Citizen-Jul 12, 2017
Paris, 12 July 2017 - Singaporean authorities must halt the execution of Prabagaran Srivijayan, FIDH said today. Prabagaran, a 29-year-old ...
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