Death Penalty News

Human Rights Lawyer M Ravi is appealing for public support after the Singapore Attorney General (AG) rejected the request to waive the adverse personal cost of S$11,400 ordered against Ms Violet Netto and himself in the representation of three death row inmates. Mr Ravi was assisting Ms Netto in the representation of three death row inmates, Roslan Bakar and Rosman bin Abdullah and Pausi Jefridin, who were served with execution notices a year ago. The three were sentenced to death over drug trafficking offences. The applications from the 3 sought multiple declarations in relation to the death penalty for drug offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 185) (MDA) in Singapore.

M Ravi, who did most of the work, was ordered by the Court of Appeal to bear 75 % of the costs, while Violet Netto, who later took over as the lawyer on record, was held liable for 25 %. 2 Indian-origin Singaporean lawyers have been ordered to pay SGD20,000 (US$15,000) in costs to the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) for a last-ditch attempt to halt the execution of an Indian descendant Malaysian drug trafficker Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam in April this year. M Ravi, who did most of the work, was ordered by the Court of Appeal to bear 75 % of the costs, while Violet Netto, who later took over as the lawyer on record, was held liable for 25 %. The AGC had originally sought personal costs totalling SGD 40,000 against the lawyers for setting out to delay Nagaenthran's execution by filing applications without merit, which caused it to incur unnecessary costs, according to a report by The Straits Times. Nagaenthran was hanged at Changi Prison Complex on April 27, 2022. He was convicted...