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Singapore executes intellectually disabled man for drug trafficking after rejecting appeal
CNN
A man with intellectual disabilities was executed in Singapore on Wednesday, his family's lawyer said, after a long campaign for clemency failed, putting the city-state's zero-tolerance drug laws back under scrutiny.
Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, a 34-year-old Malaysian citizen, was arrested in 2009 for bringing 42.7 grams (1.5 ounces) of heroin into Singapore. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 2010.
Dharmalingam's brother was told by a prison official that the execution had been completed on Wednesday, his family's lawyer, N. Surendran, told CNN.
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