Kho Jabing. Pic courtesy of We Believe in Second Chance
A Sarawakian, who was to be executed in Singapore for murder on Friday, has been granted a stay of the execution.
Kho Jabing, 31, was granted the stay to allow the Court of Appeal to hear a case brought by his lawyer, according to anti-death penalty advocacy group, We Believe in Second Chances, in a Facebook post.
Jabing was convicted of killing a Chinese construction worker in 2008 with a tree branch while robbing him and was sentenced to death in 2010.
In August 2013, following revisions to Singapore’s mandatory death penalty laws, the High Court gave him a life term instead.
Last year, the prosecution challenged the decision before the Court of Appeal which sentenced Jabing to the death penalty.
In October, Jabing’s appeal for clemency was turned down by the Singapore President on the advice of the Cabinet.
It is learnt that Jabing’s lawyers on Wednesday filed a criminal motion at the Court of Appeal to request a remittance of his case.
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