(4 Jul 2022)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kuala Lumpur, - 7 July 2022
1. Activist at Singapore High Commission building
2. Various of signs with picture of Kalwant Singh, who was convicted in 2016 of bringing heroin into Singapore
3. Activist entering high commission building
4. Activist with posters
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Sky Siaw, activist, Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network:
"Because of the COVID pandemic, for two years the family doesn't have the opportunity to go to Singapore to visit the family (Kalwant Singh), so this is the reason we seek this only for two months ago."
6. Text reading (English): "Memorandum on Kalwant Singh"
7. Sign reading (English): "Show mercy - save Kalwant"
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Sky Siaw, activist, Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network:
"That is why we are here to submit our memorandum to the Singapore High Commissioner to urge that the Singapore government can halt the executions and also to provide a fair opportunity to the families to file for clemency."
9. Sign showing schedule and reading (English): "High Commission of the Republic of Singapore"
STORYLINE:
Anti-death penalty activists in Malaysia urged Singapore's government on Monday to halt the execution of a convicted Malaysian drug trafficker this week, the second in less than three months.
Kalwant Singh, who was convicted in 2016 of bringing heroin into Singapore, is scheduled to be hanged Thursday, activists said.
The execution of another Malaysian in late April sparked an international outcry because he was believed to be mentally disabled.
The Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network delivered a statement to Singapore's embassy urging that Kalwant's execution be suspended to allow him an opportunity to file for clemency.
It said Kalwant, who was 23 when he was arrested in 2013, had been threatened with violence and forced to make drug deliveries to Singapore to repay a football gambling debt, and that factor was not adequately considered during his trial.
It said the death penalty has done little to stop drug traffickers and organized syndicates.
The hanging in April of Malaysian drug trafficker Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam sparked an international outcry because he was believed to be intellectually disabled with an IQ of 69.
Another Malaysian drug trafficker who was to be hanged in April was given a reprieve pending the outcome of a legal challenge.
A Singapore activist, Kokila Annamalai, said convicted Singaporean drug trafficker Norasharee Gous is to be hanged on Thursday, the same day as Kalwant.
She said they are the seventh and eighth executions scheduled this year.
So far, two people including Nagaenthran have been hanged while four other executions were delayed by last-minute legal challenges, she said.
AP video shot by: Syawalludin Zain
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