Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Malaysian Prabagaran executed 14/7/2017 - and Malaysia did nothing???

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EU, Malaysian Bar and FIDH calls on Singapore not to execute Prabagaran

Prabagaran executed on 14 July 2017...This must not stop our quest for JUSTICE?

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‘Prabagaran maintained his innocence until the end’

 | July 15, 2017 
 
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. 

Kirsten-Han-S.-Prabagaran 

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.

He maintained his innocence, claiming that he did not own the car he drove and was not aware of the drugs being in it. 
 

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

See other news stories

UN urges Singapore to halt Malaysian's execution
International-Yahoo Singapore News-Jul 11, 2017

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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