SINGAPORE (AFP) — A convicted Malaysian drug trafficker was hanged in Singapore on Friday, officials said, after the city-state rejected last minute efforts to save him. The Malaysian government — which decided earlier this month to abolish the death penalty — had asked neighbouring Singapore to spare the 31-year-old man from the gallows on humanitarian grounds. But Malaysia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement late Friday that Prabu N Pathmanathan was executed in […]
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‘Glee’ actor Mark Salling, who pleaded guilty to child porn, dead at 35
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — US actor Mark Salling, known for his role in the hit musical TV series “Glee,” died Tuesday, weeks before being sentenced for possession of child pornography, his lawyer said. He was 35. News outlet TMZ, citing law enforcement, said Salling had committed suicide by hanging. “I can confirm that Mark Salling passed away early this morning,” his lawyer Michael Proctor said in a statement. “Mark was a gentle and […]
Death for nine Filipinos over 2013 Borneo incursion
Nine Filipinos who were part of an armed group that occupied part of Borneo in 2013, in an episode that left several dead, have been sentenced to hang. The incursion by some 200 Islamic militants from the southern Philippines was inspired by a proclaimed Filipino sultanate’s claims of historical dominion over the state of Sabah on Borneo island. The assault led to a siege between the militants and the Malaysia’s armed forces who were sent to root them […]
Kuwait executions part of ‘alarming trend’ in Middle East: HRW
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AFP) — Human Rights Watch criticized Kuwait on Thursday for ending a moratorium on executions by hanging seven people, saying the action was part of a worrying regional rise in use of the death penalty. “Kuwait’s killing of seven people on January 25 highlights the alarming trend in the region for countries to return to or increasingly use the death penalty,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, HRW’s Middle East director. The executions on […]
Indian court grants stay of execution for New Delhi gang rapists
Indian’s Supreme Court has granted two young men convicted of a fatal gang-rape a stay of execution. The attack on a 23-year-old student in 2012 shocked the country, triggering street demonstrations and tougher laws. In an emergency court session held on Saturday, two Supreme Court judges ordered the hangings of two of the four convicts to be put on hold, after the men’s lawyers appealed. “The court issued instructions for holding a detailed hearing before […]
