tl;dr - The "intellectually disabled" claim was probably faked
Tbh I used to think that we were way too strict on the drug laws but my opinions probably shifted from seeing one too many @911roofer homeless posts...
It does feels a bit like reddit's not as antagonistic towards Singapore executing drug traffickers, I wonder why?
Malaysian drug offender Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, who is on death row, was noted by the High Court to be "continuously altering his account of his education qualifications", said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday (Nov 5).
He did so "ostensibly to reflect lower educational qualifications each time he was interviewed", added the ministry.
The ministry said the High Court had assessed the evidence of psychiatrists who agreed that Nagaenthran was not intellectually disabled. This included a psychiatrist called by the defence, on behalf of Nagaenthran.
"The High Court considered the facts, expert evidence from four different psychiatric/psychological experts, and further submissions by the Prosecution and the Defence. The High Court held that Nagaenthran knew what he was doing, and upheld the sentence of death," said MHA.
Post on the execution: https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/ucvh7u/malaysian_man_with_intellectual_disability/
Malaysian man with intellectual disability executed in Singapore over drug trafficking charges
The death of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam has been described as a tragic miscarriage of justice after being executed over trafficking 43 grams of heroin.
A Malaysian man has been executed in Singapore on Wednesday after his mother's last-ditch appeal to spare his life was dismissed.
Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam was arrested in 2009 for trafficking 43 grams of heroin into Singapore and was placed on death row for more than a decade.
His execution sparked widespread criticism as his supporters said he had an IQ of 69, a level recognised as a disability, and was coerced into committing the crime.
"It is unbelievable that Singapore proceeded with the execution despite international appeals to spare his life," his sister Sarmila Dharmalingam said.
The 34-year-old was executed in the early hours, she said from Malaysia, leaving her family "extremely saddened" and "in a state of shock".
Nagaenthran spent more than a decade mounting legal challenges, but they were dismissed by Singapore's courts, and the city-state's president rejected appeals for clemency.
His body will be brought back to the Malaysian city of Ipoh for burial, his sister said.
Singaporean authorities did not respond to requests for comment.
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I think people in Singapore are already aware and do not care.
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Wait till he finds out where PAP got their logo from
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fricking heck i never knew
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It's like the flag of Tennessee had a baby with Shazam
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It's pretty interesting because the majority of the PAP's early membership consisted of trade unionists. Their support was crucial for the PAP to win elections and they voted many leftists into party leadership positions. Lee and the PAP were also frequently accused of being communists by the press and other parties. The PAP only really became more rightwing after Lim Chin Siong (of Operation Coldstore fame) and his followers were expelled from the party in 1961.
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I think most here know of Operation Coldstore and PAP's anti-communist stance, but maybe everyone here generally hates commies so I've never seen PAP's logo brought up and I was always pretty anti-establishment until I
got scared straightgrew a brain so I'm surprised it's not brought up more oftenOr maybe a logo's a really minor thing in the grand scheme of things to nitpick over
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I mean if the PAP exists in Western countries nowadays their policies would definitely get them labelled fascists by Twittoids lmao. The logo wouldn't even be relevant. LKY has always been clear about his anti-liberal (Western liberalism) stance.
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Once in a while Twittards try to cancel him over his quotes from decades ago about malays being lazy and being pro eugenics or something anyway
It's pretty funny how one of the loudest and most annoying activist here who cries about racism is married to a mayo
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Many such cases!
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Fascists are leftist. Sorry, sweaty. It's been the biggest cope of the century.
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economic left, socially right. Were the fascists the OG radical centrists?
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The Syrian Social Nationalist Party also does the "what are you talking about, it's just a lightning bolt" thing.
But it's a little harder for them to get away with it when they call themselves "social nationalists" and constantly talk about how much they hate Jews.
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https://redswastika.moe.edu.sg/
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Is he saying facists are gonna take over Singapore in the future because they currently aren't resisting this stuff?
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Or that Singaporeans will be in any way upset over their gov being authoritarian despite the whole city being founded on such principles?
If Singapore wasn't a tiger parent state it would be rife with racial segregation and would have way more economic inequality. The idea of executing drug smugglers isn't even fascist, it's an authoritarian one which even Communist govs would agree with.
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