Singaporean activist and human rights lawyer raise concerns over impending execution amid troubling case detail

Singaporean activist Kokila Annamalai took to Facebook to express her concerns about the scheduled execution of Tangaraju Suppiah, who was convicted for abetting an attempt to traffic cannabis into Singapore. Annamalai argued that Suppiah was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty despite never handling the drugs he was convicted of trafficking. She also highlighted that Suppiah was denied a Tamil interpreter and legal representation during his police interrogation. Human rights lawyer M Ravi, who represented Suppiah in the past, called for reform in the legal system, emphasizing the vulnerability of the poor and marginalized in death penalty cases.

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