Human rights activist and lawyer M Ravi, revealed in a post on Facebook that Syed Suhail Bin Syed Zin, a Singaporean who was supposed to be hanged on September 18, has had his execution put on hold by the High Court for him to put forward a further appeal relating to his case.
The hearing date for the appeal has yet to be confirmed.
In a judgment on January 26, 2016, Suhail was convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to death.
M Ravi filed a judicial review application on the grounds that Suhail’s execution order went against his constitutional rights, which was dismissed earlier this week on September 17.
His most recent appeal is asking the Court of Appeal to overrule the September 17 decision to dismiss the application for judicial review.
A petition was signed by about 15,000 people in just over 12 hours and was addressed to President Halimah Yacob, urging her to use her presidential powers to grant clemency to Suhail or a stay of execution for the judicial review application to be reviewed whilst allowing his family to visit him before he is hanged.
M Ravi added:
“I dream for better days because hope is my only possession,”
Image sources M Ravi Facebook