Pannir granted stay of execution by Singapore court

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Judge grants P Pannir Selvam a reprieve over his challenge to Section 18(2) of Singapore’s Misuse of Drugs Act and a complaint about the former defence counsel.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/02/19/pannir-granted-stay-of-execution-by-spore-court/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/02/19/mahkamah-singapura-benar-tangguh-pelaksanaan-hukuman-pannir/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #PPannirSelvam #Singapore

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00:00Malaysian P Panir Selvan has been granted a stay of execution by Singapore's Court of

00:08Appeal today.

00:09Panir, who was convicted in 2017 by the Singapore High Court for Drug Trafficking, was scheduled

00:16to be executed tomorrow.

00:19His lawyer, Ann Surendran, said the stay was granted by Judge Wu Bi Lee earlier today due

00:24to an ongoing challenge to Section 18 Sub 2 of Singapore's Misuse of Drugs Act and his

00:31complaint about the conduct of his previous lawyer in Singapore, Ong Ying Ping.

00:37Under Section 18 Sub 2, anyone proven or presumed to have had a controlled drug in their possession

00:44is then presumed to have known the nature of that drug unless it is proven otherwise.

00:50Panir has consistently denied knowing that the package he was given to be handed over

00:55to a Singaporean man contained drugs.

00:58He was also granted a stay of execution in 2019.

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