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    Man charged with murder after body found in Geylang hotel

    By Shaffiq Alkhatib
    The Straits Times

    SINGAPORE - A man appeared in court to face a murder charge on Wednesday (Jan 2) after a woman was found dead at the Golden Dragon Hotel in Geylang at the weekend.

    Bangladeshi Ahmed Salim, who turned 30 on Tuesday, was charged with murdering Indonesian Nurhidayati Wartono Surata, 34, between 5.08pm and 8.12pm on Sunday (Dec 30).

    Police said that the pair knew each other but court documents did not reveal the nature of their relationship.

    The Straits Times earlier reported that officers were alerted to the case at 10.45pm on Sunday.

    Ms Nurhidayati was later found lying motionless in a room at the Westerhout Road hotel.

    Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene and the ST understands that she had marks on her neck as well as bruises on her arms.

    Police arrested Ahmed within 14 hours of a report being made.

    According to evening daily Lianhe Wanbao, an unnamed hotel employee said the pair had originally booked a room for three hours before extending the booking to five hours.

    However, no one had checked out 10 hours later.

    Lianhe Wanbao reported that hotel staff went upstairs to check the room and discovered the body.

    A hotel guest, who declined to be named, told Lianhe Wanbao that he did not hear any commotion and that he knew about the incident only when police knocked on his door.

    Dressed in a red polo T-shirt, Ahmed was expressionless as he stood in the dock on Wednesday.

    He will be remanded at the Central Police Division and the case has been adjourned to Jan 9.

    If convicted of murder, he will face the death penalty.

    https://www.straitstimes.com/singapo...-geylang-hotel

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    Singapore to hang another Malaysian

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    PETALING JAYA: Another Malaysian citizen on death row in Singapore is scheduled to be executed this week, some five months after the republic ignored pleas for clemency for a Malaysian convicted of drug trafficking.

    A notification from Singapore’s Changi Prison authorities to the family of Sarawakian Michael anak Garing, who was found guilty of murder four years ago, prompted criticism from rights group Lawyers for Liberty (LFL).

    It said they were given only eight days’ notice of his execution this Friday.

    “They have been asked by letter to make the ‘necessary funeral arrangements’.

    "This extremely short notice is disturbing and a cause for concern. It gives the family scant time to spend with Michael in his final days and to make preparations,” said LFL’s N Surendran.

    He said while Michael should pay for his crime, he must be given the chance to undergo rehabilitation.

    “The death penalty has never been proven to be a deterrent to serious crime. Killing Michael only entrenches the culture of violence, and will not make Singaporeans any safer in their daily lives,” he added.

    On Oct 26 last year, Singapore carried out the death sentence on Prabu N Pathmanathan, a Malaysian convicted of trafficking drugs across the causeway in 2014.

    It drew condemnations from rights activists, who also claimed that confessions obtained against Prabu were made under duress.

    https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/ca...her-malaysian/


    State's Case

    Micheal Anak Garing (“MAG”) and Tony Anak Imba (“TAI”) were both tried in the High Court under s 300(c) of the Penal Code (Cap 224, 2008 Rev Ed) for the murder of one Shanmuganathan Dillidurai (“the deceased”). They were both charged with murder committed in furtherance of a common intention, and were thus liable to be punished under s 302(2) read with s 34 of the Penal Code.

    MAG and TAI, together with two other friends, Hairee Anak Landak (“HAL”) and Donny Anak Meluda (“DAM”) (collectively, “the Gang”), had set out from a friend’s house on the night of 29 May 2010 with a preconceived plan to commit robbery. One of them was armed with a deadly weapon, a parang.

    Over the course of that night and the wee hours of the following day, the Gang attacked the deceased and inflicted the injuries which eventually led to his death. It transpired that the deceased was not the only person whom the Gang attacked that night. Prior to attacking the deceased, the Gang had set upon three other victims in order to rob them.

    Fortunately, none of those other victims succumbed to their injuries. For the attacks on those three victims, MAG and TAI each faced three charges (one in relation to each victim) of robbery while one or more of the Gang was armed with a deadly weapon which came to be used to cause hurt to the three victims, an offence punishable under s 394 read with s 397 of the Penal Code. Those charges were stood down at the trial.

    The High Court judge (“the Judge”) convicted both MAG and TAI of their respective murder charges. Given the amendments made to the Penal Code by the Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2012 (Act 32 of 2012), which came into effect on 1 January 2013, the Judge had the discretion to impose either the death penalty or life imprisonment with caning.

    The Judge sentenced MAG to suffer the death penalty, and sentenced TAI to life imprisonment with 24 strokes of the cane.

    MAG and TAI, who are now aged 28 and 38 respectively, are Malaysians from Sarawak. As earlier mentioned, HAL and DAM were the other members of the Gang. HAL, who was the Prosecution’s key witness in the court below, has already been convicted and sentenced for his role in the attacks.

    On 18 January 2013, he pleaded guilty to three charges of armed robbery with hurt, and was sentenced to 33 years’ imprisonment and 24 strokes of the cane. DAM, on the other hand, has only recently been arrested and charged for his role in the attacks.

    The attacks

    Sometime on 29 May 2010, the Gang were drinking at the house of a friend named Shaman in Geylang Lor 12.1 At some point during the night, the Gang resolved to leave the house and commit robbery. MAG armed himself with a parang, which he claimed he found in the house.2 DAM armed himself with a terepi, which is a tap handle.

    After leaving Shaman’s house, the Gang walked for ten to fifteen minutes until they reached a playground near Block 44 Sims Drive.

    There, they robbed one Sandeep Singh (“SS”).

    TAI initiated the attack on SS and the rest soon joined in.

    At some point during the attack, TAI used a brick to hit SS on the head.

    The attack lasted some two to three minutes. TAI robbed SS of his wallet and his mobile phone. As a result of the attack, SS sustained serious injuries, including slash wounds of various sizes, multiple open fractures of the metacarpal bones, lacerated tendons on the left hand and a fractured skull. The slash wounds on SS were so deep that the tendons beneath were exposed.

    After attacking SS, the Gang walked for another ten to fifteen minutes towards Kallang MRT Station. There, they set their sights on one Ang Jun Heng (“Ang”), who was walking along a path under the MRT track between Aljunied MRT Station and Kallang MRT Station.

    As a result of the attack, Ang suffered an amputation of his left hand with part of his palm and four fingers cut off. He also suffered a deep laceration down to the spine at the mid-cervical region. Had that laceration been any deeper, it would have reached his spinal cord. Ang was robbed of his mobile phone and his wallet. The assault on Ang similarly lasted about two to three minutes.

    Roughly ten minutes later, after the Gang made their way to the footpath beside Kallang River (near Kallang MRT Station), they spotted one Egan Karruppaiah (“EK”) and assaulted him. EK suffered amputations of his left index finger, as well as his right index, middle, ring and little fingers.

    In addition, he suffered lacerations to his left wrist which went “down to [the] bone” and fractures of his frontal sinus walls. Like SS and Ang, EK had his wallet and his mobile phone taken from him.

    Approximately ten minutes later, while walking along Kallang Road near Riverine by the Park condominium, the Gang began their attack on the deceased, who was cycling on a footpath.

    Beside the footpath, there was an open field which was on slightly lower ground than the footpath.

    There was street lighting along the footpath, but not in the open field.

    TAI initiated the attack by approaching the deceased from his left and knocking him off his bicycle down the slope into the open field. It is from this point onwards that the accounts of the events provided by MAG, TAI and HAL (who testified for the Prosecution) begin to diverge.

    The discovery of the deceased and the autopsy

    The deceased was discovered by a security guard at about 7.30am on 30 May 2010. His body lay in the open field next to the footpath on which he had been cycling when he was attacked. Bloodstains were found on an electrical box located along the footpath near his body.

    Dr Paul Chui (“Dr Chui”), a forensic pathologist, performed the autopsy on the deceased. His unchallenged findings are that the deceased suffered at least twenty injuries.16 In his opinion, the following four injuries were sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death:

    A wound to the back measuring 24.5cm long and 3.7cm wide. This wound penetrated the skin, subcutaneous fat and underlying muscles.

    An amputation of the left hand, resulting in four fingers and a significant part of the palm being completely cut off.

    Apart from the above injuries, there was a cut to the deceased’s left forearm which was deep enough to expose the underlying bone.

    Dr Chui certified that the cause of death was the multiple injuries sustained, including the wound to the neck,the wound to the back (which resulted in a leak into the chest cavity) and the wound to the head that fractured the skull. Dr Chui also testified that these injuries could have been caused by a bladed weapon with force that was at least moderate.


    For a full case summary click the link.
    https://www.supremecourt.gov.sg/docs...final)-pdf.pdf

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    Got to hand it to Singapore they make all of their dp cases easy to find. Most cases over here are impossible to find any info on unless you directly ask the DOC or a DA's office.

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    Malaysian executed in Singapore despite pleas for clemency

    Migrant worker hanged at Changi Prison after being convicted of murdering construction worker

    A Malaysian convicted of murder in Singapore has been executed in the city state despite an appeal by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and others to spare his life on humanitarian grounds.

    Michael Garing, 30, a migrant worker from Sarawak, is the second Malaysian to be hanged in the neighboring nation since Malaysia announced last year that it would follow international conventions and abolish the death penalty in its reform drive.

    The Malaysian embassy in Singapore said in a statement that Michael’s execution took place at Changi Prison on the morning of March 22.

    “His remains are expected to arrive at Sibu Airport tomorrow before being brought back to his hometown in Kapit,” an embassy spokesman told Malaysian news agency Bernama. “We are currently assisting Michael’s family members who are here.”

    His parents, Ensiring anak Garman and Garing anak Kanyan, sent a clemency petition to Singapore President Halimah Yacob asking her to spare their son’s life by commuting his sentence to life imprisonment, Malaysian media reported.

    Michael, who was 21 when the crime took place, was convicted of being part of a four-man gang involved in a series of muggings one night in May 2010 which led to the death of 41-year-old construction worker Shanmuganathan Dillidurai. Three others were severely injured.

    Fellow accused Tony Imba was jailed for life with 24 strokes of the cane, while Hairee Landak, was sentenced in 2013 to 33 years’ imprisonment and 24 strokes of the cane. Donny Meluda, who was arrested six years later, was given a similar sentence in 2018.

    Before Mahathir’s reformist government took over last year, both countries had pursued a policy of capital punishment for serious crimes including murder and drug trafficking since the days of British colonial rule.

    Michael converted to Islam in prison and chose Muhammad Arif Sufi as his Muslim name, according to the embassy spokesman.

    Malaysian Prabu Pathmanathan, 31, was hanged in Singapore in October 2018 after being convicted of smuggling heroin.

    Malaysia announced last September that it would abolish the death penalty. There is a moratorium on the punishment in the multicultural, Muslim-majority Southeast Asian nation.

    https://www.ucanews.com/news/malaysi...clemency/84797
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    Pannir Selvam Pranthaman another Malayasian is scheduled to be executed on the 24th for drug trafficking.

    As usual here is a link to the country's case.

    https://www.supremecourt.gov.sg/docs...pranthaman.pdf
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    Singapore court grants stay, Malaysian on death row won’t hang tomorrow

    BY IDA LIM
    Malaymail

    Malaysian P. Pannir Selvam who was due to be executed tomorrow in Singapore has at the last minute been granted a chance to challenge a previous refusal of clemency.

    His lawyers today confirmed that he will not be executed as scheduled tomorrow, following a court hearing earlier today in Singapore.

    “The Court of Appeal allowed the stay of execution for Pannir in order to give him time to mount a challenge againt the refusal of clemency. This was unprecedented,” his lawyers said in a statement.

    Singapore’s Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon chaired the Singapore Court of Appeal panel that heard Pannir’s application for his execution to be stayed.

    Pannir had previously filed the application by himself from prison.

    In his application, he had sought for a stay of his execution pending his challenge of both the clemency rejection and the Singapore attorney-general’s refusal to issue a certificate of assistance that would have commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment.

    Pannir was initially expected to argue the matter on his own in the Singapore courts today.

    But just before the hearing took place, Pannir’s lawyers from Malaysia, N. Surendran and Latheefa Koya managed to instruct two young Malaysian lawyers practising in Singapore to represent him in court.

    The two lawyers who argued Pannir’s case today are Too Xing Ji and Lee Ji En.

    Latheefa confirmed to Malay Mail that she and Surendran were present in the Singapore courts today as the lawyers who instructed the other two lawyers.

    On May 21, Pannir’s sister Sangkari Pranthaman issued a statement on behalf of his family, appealing to the Malaysian government to urge the Singapore government to halt the execution scheduled for tomorrow.

    In her statement, Sangkari said the family was stunned when they received a week ago both the notice of execution and the letter refusing clemency — with both documents dated the same day and arriving together.

    “Obviously, this can’t be right, and Pannir was not given his chance for clemency under the Singapore laws,” she said, adding that Singapore’s public prosecutor also did not give Pannir the certificate of assistance that “can save his life” and that he was entitled to after he provided information to the authorities.

    On May 21, Pannir’s family also submitted a “final clemency appeal” to Singapore president Halimah Yacob.

    Pannir, 32 was convicted on June 27, 2017 by the Singapore High Court of allegedly trafficking in 51.84g of diamorphine at the Woodlands Checkpoint on September 3, 2014 despite pleading his innocence.

    Surendran, who is also Lawyers for Liberty advisor, previously claimed there were irregularities in the legal process in Singapore in Pannir’s case.

    Surendran had said Pannir’s final recourse via a clemency petition to the Singapore president was allegedly “tainted with illegality and unlawful acts by the Singapore authorities”.

    Surendran had also previously said Pannir had aided the Singapore authorities, by providing critical information about the alleged mastermind who had duped him into carrying a package containing drugs into Singapore.

    Surendran had claimed the Singapore public prosecutor had unreasonably denied the certificate of assistance to Pannir that would have enabled the court to sentence the Malaysian to life imprisonment instead of death.

    https://www.malaymail.com/news/malay...morrow/1755757
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    Family of Pannir Selvam racing against clock to cancel his execution in Singapore

    By Jerry Choong
    The Malay Mail

    PETALING JAYA — The family of Singapore death row inmate P. Pannir Selvam are seeking to have his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment if nothing else works.

    Lawyer for the family N. Surendran said they have already filed a judicial review to save the soon-to-be 32-year-old from execution.

    “Right now we have to apply to the High Court in Singapore to cancel the decision of the Attorney General’s Chambers in not providing the certificate of substantive assistance, and thereby ordering the AG to give it,” he told a press conference here with Pannir’s family at the headquarters of his group, Lawyers for Liberty.

    A certificate of substantive assistance is a document which proves the individual co-operated with the state and provided evidence to stop drug trafficking activities.

    “Only with this will the High Court have the power to commute Pannir’s sentence to life imprisonment.

    “We are also going to apply for the quashing of the Singaporean Cabinet’s advice to the President in not granting clemency to him,” said Surendran, who is also co-founder of the legal group.

    Pannir was granted a stay on May 23, one day before his sentence was meant to be carried out, while his family was informed only several days ago that the hearing would take place on July 19.

    Surendran noted there were considerable flaws in the process of Pannir’s case.

    “For example, both letters from the president and the prison authorities saying his clemency application has been rejected are dated to May 17.

    “This indicated a serious flaw because surely the prison would not know the clemency has been rejected when the letter from the President’s Office has not been issued out yet,” he said.

    Surendran also criticised the Singapore attorney general for not giving a reason why the certificate was not granted to Pannir.

    “We are very clear, and the facts are clear from Pannir’s assistance, he was duped by certain Malaysian-based kingpins at the time. We have the names, details, and all information which has been given to the Singaporean authorities.

    “Hence why we are very surprised from the very beginning that the Singaporean AGC did not issue the certificate, as it would have made the difference between life and death for Pannir,” he said.

    Surendran also said that there is widespread support for Pannir’s case in Malaysia, including the Cabinet.

    “Though the public recognises the dangers of drug trafficking, it also recognises that executing drug mules will not achieve anything.

    “His family has worked very hard to save him, and the Malaysian government via the Law and Foreign Affairs Ministers has taken the stance that Pannir should not be executed, as should any drug mule currently being imprisoned in Changi,” he said.

    Pannir’s relatives present at the press conference today donned white T-shirts with a print of a pair of hands joined in prayer and the word “Give Pannir Second Life. #SavePannir”.

    His younger brother P. Joshua, 30, asked the public to support the family’s effort to save his older sibling’s life.

    “We grew up together in a very disciplined family, and Pannir has always been a kind-hearted soul. Always active in school, participated in a lot of sports and church activities.

    “We are asking the Singaporean government to consider sparing his life. He was tricked into doing this,” he said.

    https://sg.news.yahoo.com/family-pan...042943818.html
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    Malaysian drug trafficker Abd Helmi ab-Halim was executed by hanging Friday morning for the import of 100kg of pure heroin according to the Singapore Foreign Office. Singapore has a zero tolerance policy for drug traffickers and potentially face execution from neighbouring countries and Malaysia.
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    Malaysian convicted of drug trafficking hanged in Singapore

    A Malaysian, Abd Helmi Ab Halim, was hanged today at Changi Prison after having been convicted of drug trafficking in 2017.

    The execution was confirmed by Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) advisor N. Surendran.

    Abd Helmi, who was 36, was arrested on April 9, 2015, and was sentenced to death for trafficking 16.56 grams of diamorphine on March 24, 2017.

    Abd Helmi’s plea for clemency was rejected in July this year.

    His counsel, Mohamed Muzammil Mohamed, when contacted by Bernama today, said Abd Helmi had asked him to help bring his remains home once the execution takes place.

    “There is a plan to bring his remains to his kampung in Johor. But, as we are speaking, nobody from the family has contacted me,” he said.

    Two days ago, Malaysian Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong urged Singapore to show mercy on Abd Helmi, saying it is unjust and disproportionate for drug mules to be sent to the gallows.

    “Justice must be tempered with mercy and I implore Singapore to do so,” he said and added that to eradicate drug trafficking, it is the kingpins and true masters of the trade who must face the full brunt of the law.

    https://malaysiagazette.com/en/2019/...ged-singapore/

    States Case

    In these statements, the accused stated, inter alia, that he had been working in Singapore as a bus captain with SBS Transit Ltd (“SBS”) until March 2015 when his employment was terminated after he got into a traffic accident. The day after he was terminated by SBS, he met his friend, “Rafi”, at a coffee shop in Johor Bahru.

    “Rafi” informed him that he had a “job opportunity” which involved delivering “panas”. When he asked “Rafi” what “panas” was, “Rafi” told him that he “asked so much”. The accused then asked “Rafi” “what was the payment like”. “Rafi” informed that one packet would earn him RM1,000(240$), and that the accused just had to bring “panas” into Singapore and “someone would collect it”. The accused agreed.

    On the same night, at about 9.45 pm, “Rafi” called someone. Sometime later, an Indian man met them at the coffee shop. The Indian man asked the accused if he “knew the way in Singapore” and whether he “can bring this item”.

    The accused in turn asked the Indian man what “panas” was, and was told that it “was something that looked like Milo powder”. At this juncture, “Rafi” interrupted, saying that the accused asked too much.

    The accused then agreed to the delivery, and the Indian man said that he would call the accused. The accused was to “deliver to Choa Chu Kang MRT” and wait for a call there. “Rafi” then gave the Indian man the accused’s handphone number.

    On 8 April 2015, at about 10.30 pm, the Indian man called the accused and arranged to meet him at a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet beside Tesco Mutiara Rini Skudai. The accused reached the said location at about 10.40 pm.

    Shortly after, the Indian man arrived in a grey car, handed the accused a red plastic bag and immediately left. The accused took the red plastic bag and returned home.

    While at home, the accused opened the red plastic bag and saw that the “panas” “looked like a packet of Milo”. There were two packets of “panas”. In addition, there was one big packet of “ice” and one smaller packet of “ice”.

    When the accused collected the red plastic bag from the Indian man, he had been told that there was “panas” and two packets of “ice” in different sizes. The items were to be brought to the open-air car park of Choa Chu Kang MRT station and the accused was to “wait there until somebody call[ed] [him]”. If no one called him, the accused was to call the Indian man.

    The accused saved the Indian man’s number under the name “Selesa” in his blue Samsung handphone when the Indian man “called [him] in the night”.

    The accused stated that after he collected the items from the Indian man, he received another call from a caller who asked if he had “collected all the things”.

    The accused asked the caller who he was and the caller said that he was “a friend of the guy who passed [him] the things”. The caller also told the accused to “bring over the things” at 6.00 am. The accused saved the caller’s number as “Selesa 2”.

    The accused placed the big packet of “ice” inside a used McDonald’s cup and kept it in the under-seat storage compartment of the Motorcycle.

    When he opened the red plastic bag, the “panas” was inside a biscuit wrapper which was not sealed.

    The accused “took out the contents and inside was two packets of ‘[p]anas’”. The accused also noticed that there “was no biscuit inside”.

    The accused then placed the “panas” back into the biscuit wrapper, which he placed into the red plastic bag, and then placed into the front basket of the Motorcycle.

    Thereafter, he went back into his house and placed the smaller packet of “ice” inside his sling bag.

    The accused subsequently “contemplated whether to send the stuff or not”. The accused then “decided to do it” since he had “already been terminated”.

    At about 5.45 am the next morning (ie, on 9 April 2015), the accused left on the Motorcycle for Singapore from his home in Johor Bahru.

    After clearing customs at the Woodlands Checkpoint, he rode to Choa Chu Kang MRT station, reaching at about 6.25 am. The accused then parked the Motorcycle at an open-air car park beside the said MRT station.

    After about 3 minutes, he called “Selesa” and informed him that he had reached, as he “was nervous”. “Selesa” informed the accused that he would “call the person”.

    He also told the accused to take out one “batu” to “standby to give it to the man”.

    The accused then took out one packet of “panas” from the biscuit wrapper and placed it at the front basket of the Motorcycle. He then walked to the MRT station to smoke a cigarette.

    As he was smoking, the accused saw Chua walk to the Motorcycle, take the red plastic bag and leave a stack of S$50 notes in the front basket.

    The accused assumed that Chua was the “intended person” who was supposed to take the “panas” or “batu”. The accused did not approach Chua as he was “afraid being caught read [sic] handed”.

    The accused claimed that he “didn’t suspect the brown substance was drugs” because he had “never seen brown drugs before”.

    He “thought the two packets of ‘[p]anas’ to be packets of [Milo]”. Although he found it “odd” that he would be paid RM1,000 for delivering each packet of Milo powder, he “did not suspect that it was drugs or something against the law”.

    https://www.supremecourt.gov.sg/docs...n-ab-halim.pdf
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    Singapore says NGO broke fake news law with death row abuse claims

    By Stefania Palma
    The Financial Times

    Singapore has used its new “online falsehoods” law against an NGO that alleged prison officers engaged in brutality on death row in the city state, ordering those who shared the information including Yahoo Singapore to issue corrections.

    The city’s government on Wednesday said a report published last week by Malaysia-based Lawyers for Liberty alleging officers in Changi Prison were instructed to kick and break prisoners’ necks whenever the rope snapped during hangings “contains untrue, baseless and preposterous allegations”.

    The government has directed the NGO as well as Kirsten Han, a Singaporean civil activist and journalist, The Online Citizen, an independent Singaporean media platform, and Yahoo Singapore to issue corrections alongside posts or articles sharing Liberty’s findings saying they “contain falsehoods”.

    Wednesday’s announcement marks the fifth time Singapore has used the new fake news law, which has alarmed technology companies, academics and human rights groups for the latitude it grants the government.

    Most directives have been issued to civil activists, NGOs and opposition or anti-government figures.The government has said it is an “unfortunate coincidence” the “first few” actions under the new law have been taken against politicians and political entities.In its report, the Malaysian NGO said “officers are told not to kick more than two times” to avoid “tell-tale marks” in a potential autopsy. It added: “Strict orders are also given not to divulge the above to other prison staff not involved in executions”.

    Ms Han said on Twitter that she had yet to decide how to respond to the government’s request. She said she had contacted the Singapore Prison Service twice for comment on the NGO report but had received no response.Lawyers for Liberty said in a statement it would not comply with the correction notice, demanding it be “unconditionally withdrawn”. The NGO said it stood by its report, which was based on “evidence from former and current Singapore prison officers”. It added it was “outrageous” for

    Singapore to issue a notice to an organisation operating in Malaysia. “This attempt by Singapore to extend their jurisdiction to Malaysian citizens across the causeway is provocative, illegal and in breach of international law,” it said.The Online Citizen said it would publish the correction but that it had already filed an application to appeal the notice.

    It said it received no response after contacting the ministry of home affairs last week for comment on the NGO report.Yahoo Singapore said it was “looking into the matter”.Under Singapore’s new law, which was passed in May, authorities can publish corrections alongside claims about public institutions that they deem false.

    Those who publish false statements with “malicious intent” face criminal sanctions, including fines of up to S$1m ($740,000) and jail sentences of up to 10 years. The opposition Singapore Democratic Party, which received a correction order last month, has filed the maiden appeal against the new law in the supreme court. The case kicked off last week. Singapore in 2018 executed 13 people, the latest figures available.

    It was the first year the number reached double digits, according to an Amnesty International report. Singapore, which has a population of 5.7m, was the tenth country by number of executions worldwide that year. Under Singapore law, the death penalty is applied for drug offences involving quantities above set limits, with what Human Rights Watch has called “limited exceptions”. The UN has denounced the use of the death penalty for drug cases, saying it is “an extreme form of punishment”.

    https://www.ft.com/content/b6bba636-...a-bae547046735
    "There is a point in the history of a society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining ‘punishment’ and ‘being supposed to punish’ hurts it, arouses fear in it." Friedrich Nietzsche

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