Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan told their Malaysian counterparts that executed Malaysian drug trafficker Nagaenthran Dharmalingam was accorded full due process under the law.
Both PM Lee and Dr Balakrishnan’s reply to Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah were made the day before Nagaenthran was executed, according to the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday.
Sabri and Saifuddin had reportedly written letters to PM Lee and Dr Balakrishnan, asking the Singapore government to consider and commute the death sentence of Nagaenthran, according to Bernama.
The letter also expressed Malaysia’s openness to discuss the possibility of implementing an international prisoner transfer programme between Malaysia and Singapore.
A spokesperson for MFA said that both PM Lee and Dr Balakrishnan had replied to their counterparts in Malaysia to convey that the Nagaenthran was accorded full due process under the law.