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| A Malaysian murder convict has been hanged in Singapore, according to police, hours after the city-state’s highest court rejected a final appeal against his execution. | A Malaysian murder convict has been hanged in Singapore, according to police, hours after the city-state’s highest court rejected a final appeal against his execution. |
| “A 32-year-old male Malaysian national, Jabing Kho, had his death sentence carried out on 20 May 2016 at Changi prison complex,” the Singapore police force said in a statement on Friday. | “A 32-year-old male Malaysian national, Jabing Kho, had his death sentence carried out on 20 May 2016 at Changi prison complex,” the Singapore police force said in a statement on Friday. |
| Kho, who was sentenced to death in 2010 for the murder of a Chinese construction worker, had been due to hang in the prison at dawn on Friday, but was granted a brief last-minute reprieve after his lawyer filed a challenge. | Kho, who was sentenced to death in 2010 for the murder of a Chinese construction worker, had been due to hang in the prison at dawn on Friday, but was granted a brief last-minute reprieve after his lawyer filed a challenge. |
| The court of appeal heard the latest plea on Friday morning but said it raised no new arguments about the 2008 robbery attempt, clearing the way for the execution. | The court of appeal heard the latest plea on Friday morning but said it raised no new arguments about the 2008 robbery attempt, clearing the way for the execution. |
| “This case has been about many things but today, it’s about the abuse of the process of the court,” said the appeal court judge, Chao Hick Tin. Allowing Kho to continue with legal challenges would throw the judicial system into disrepute, he added. | “This case has been about many things but today, it’s about the abuse of the process of the court,” said the appeal court judge, Chao Hick Tin. Allowing Kho to continue with legal challenges would throw the judicial system into disrepute, he added. |
| Executions in Singapore are normally carried out by hanging at dawn on Fridays. | Executions in Singapore are normally carried out by hanging at dawn on Fridays. |
| After Kho was sentenced to death in 2010, Singapore amended its mandatory death penalty for murder, giving judges the discretion to impose life imprisonment under certain circumstances. | After Kho was sentenced to death in 2010, Singapore amended its mandatory death penalty for murder, giving judges the discretion to impose life imprisonment under certain circumstances. |
| Kho’s case was reviewed and he was re-sentenced to a life term in 2013. But state prosecutors appealed against that ruling and his death sentence was reinstated in January 2015. He was scheduled for execution on 6 November last year but another last-minute appeal saved him. | |
| Kho’s accomplice had his conviction for murder overturned and was sentenced to more than 18 years in prison and 19 strokes of the cane. | |
| Singapore, which has rejected rights groups’ calls to abolish the death penalty, executed four people in 2015, one for murder and three for drug offences, according to prison statistics. | Singapore, which has rejected rights groups’ calls to abolish the death penalty, executed four people in 2015, one for murder and three for drug offences, according to prison statistics. |
| Malaysia also uses capital punishment, executing murderers and drug traffickers by hanging, a system that, as in Singapore, dates back to British colonial rule. |