KUALA LUMPUR, June 15, 2010 (IPS) - A Malaysian youth is languishing in death row awaiting hanging after Singapore’s judiciary found him guilty of possessing heroin weighing 47 grams, lawyers fighting to save him tell IPS.Lawyers, human rights activists and chapters of leading human rights advocate Amnesty International in both countries are working to save Yong from execution.
"We will mobilise public opinion against the death penalty, against the bid to kill Yong for such a paltry offence," said human rights lawyer N. Surendran. "If need be, we will protest outside the Singapore mission here and organise boycott of anything that is clearly Singapore," he said, adding the aim is to pressure Singapore to be "humane." Full Story
