A Malaysian man with learning difficulties convicted of drug trafficking has been executed in Singapore, despite a legal challenge from his mother and pleas from across the world for his life to be spared
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Nagaenthran Dharmalingam had been on death row for over a decade after he was arrested in 2009 for attempting to smuggle 44g of heroin into Singapore. It has some of the world's toughest drugs laws and its government has said its use of the death penalty for drug crimes is made clear at its borders. The 34-year-old's lawyers had filed several appeals against his execution saying he had an IQ of 69 and was intellectually disabled.
However, the courts determined he knew what he was doing at the time of his crime, and ruled there was no admissible evidence showing any decline in his mental condition.Dharmalingam's body would be brought back to their home town in Malaysia's northern state of Perak, the family said, where preparations for his funeral have been made.
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