Nagaenthran to be buried in Ipoh on Friday

The remains of Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam who was executed at Singapore’s Changi prison yesterday will be laid to rest tomorrow at the Hindu cemetery in Buntong, Ipoh.

His sister, 36-year-old Sarmila Dharmalingam, said his remains would be buried between 2pm and 4pm after a prayer session at their house.

“We accept his demise with a heavy heart. Thank you to everyone who prayed for him in Singapore and Malaysia as well as on social media until now,” she said when met by reporters at her home in Tanjung Rambutan last night.

Nagaenthran’s remains were brought back from Singapore to Ipoh by van.

His mother, 60-year-old Panchalai Supermaniam, was also waiting at the family’s home.

On April 26, the Singapore Court of Appeal dismissed her last-ditch legal challenge to set aside her son’s conviction and death sentence.

Nagaenthran was sentenced to death in 2010 for trafficking 42.72g of heroin into Singapore in 2009.

On Nov 7, 2021, it was reported that Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob had written to his Singapore counterpart Lee Hsien Loong seeking leniency in Nagaenthran’s case.

On Dec 3, however, Singapore President Halimah Yacob said he had been accorded full due process under the law.

Nagaenthran’s lawyers claim that he was intellectually disabled.

He was supposed to be hanged on Nov 10, 2021, but found temporary respite on Nov 9 after testing positive for Covid-19 when he appeared for a last-bid attempt to halt his death sentence.