Pannir’s final bid for stay of execution rejected

Amnesty International Malaysia’s Qistina Johari says the appeal was dismissed just minutes ago.

P Pannir Selvam was convicted in Singapore for trafficking 51.84g of diamorphine through the Woodlands checkpoint in 2014. (Facebook pic)

KUALA LUMPUR:

 The final appeal for a stay of execution for Malaysian death row inmate P Pannir Selvam has been rejected, according to Amnesty International Malaysia campaigner Qistina Johari.

“We just heard five minutes ago that his appeal for the stay was rejected. Which means that potentially the execution will go on tomorrow,” she told FMT when met outside the Singapore High Commission here tonight.

Supporters and rights activists had gathered for a vigil calling for compassion and urging Singapore to halt Pannir’s execution.

Activists gathered outside the Singapore High Commission for a vigil to call for Pannir’s execution to be halted.

Pannir, 36, was convicted in Singapore for trafficking 51.84g of diamorphine through the Woodlands checkpoint in 2014.

Earlier today, the New Straits Times reported Pannir’s lawyer, Too Xing Ji, had applied for a stay of execution yesterday on grounds that the Attorney-General’s Chambers may need to reconsider granting him a Certificate of Substantive Assistance, in view of the information he provided to Malaysian police regarding a drug trafficking network operating across the Singapore–Johor border. - FMT

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