Death row inmate in Singapore mourns Nagaenthran's execution

Just hours before the dawn execution of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam in Singapore, a poem was written by fellow inmate and Malaysian, Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, titled “Death Row Literature” and was “dedicated to Nagaen”.

Nagaenthran was executed last Wednesday (April 27) after his mother failed, the day before, in her last-ditch legal challenge to set aside his conviction and death sentence in Singapore’s Court of Appeal.

The poem, which was timestamped by its author, was...