Singapore hangs Malaysian murder convict
Singapore's President Tony Tan Keng Yam (left) and Malaysia's King Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah walk after a welcoming ceremony for the former at Parliament in Kuala Lumpur on September 18, 2013. PHOTO | AFP | MOHD RASFAN
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- Court of Appeal heard plea but said it raised no new arguments about 2008 robbery gone wrong, clearing the way execution.
SINGAPORE, Friday
A Malaysian murder convict has been hanged in Singapore, hours after the city-state’s highest court rejected a final bid for him to escape the gallows.
“A 32-year-old male Malaysian national, Jabing Kho, had his death sentence carried out at Changi Prison Complex,” Singaporean police said in a statement.
Kho, who was sentenced to death in 2010 for the killing of a Chinese construction worker, had been due to hang in Changi Prison at dawn Friday, but was granted a brief last-minute reprieve when his lawyer filed a challenge.
The Court of Appeal heard the plea but said it raised no new arguments about the 2008 robbery gone wrong, clearing the way for the man’s execution.
“This case has been about many things but today, it’s about the abuse of the process of the court,” said Court of Appeal Judge Chao Hick Tin.
Allowing Kho to continue with legal challenges would throw the judicial system into disrepute, he said.
Executions in Singapore are normally carried out by hanging at dawn on Fridays.
