PETALING JAYA: Datchinamurthy Kataiah, who was scheduled to be hanged in Singapore in less than 24 hours, has been granted a last-minute stay of execution pending his court hearing next month.
Singapore lawyer M. Ravi shared this news on his Facebook page today, saying the republic’s high court has accepted his application.
“This is pending the outcome of the hearing of his prison correspondence misconduct legal challenge to be heard on May 20,“ he said.
The matter was also confirmed by Lawyers for Liberty adviser N. Surendran on Twitter, who said the planned execution tomorrow will not be carried out.
Datchinamurthy was charged with smuggling 44.96gm of diamorphine into Singapore in 2011 and sentenced to death in 2015.
This comes after Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam’s execution yesterday for drug trafficking.
