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The Online Citizen's Terry Xu was stopped from travelling to Malaysia as the Police demanded to take his statement on his 'unlawful' assembly for a candlelight vigil. The vigil was held a few months ago in memory of Prabagaran Srivijayan, who was subjected to the death penalty.

Human rights activist Kirsten Han, who attended a vigil for the deceased death row inmate, Prabagaran Srivijyan, was summoned by the police for questioning in conjunction with her role in the vigil.

Malaysia's government declared that it will remove the mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking offences, this comes after Singapore's recent execution of a Malaysian national Prabagaran Srivijayan for drug trafficking crimes on the 14th last month.

Activist M. Ravi has posted breaking news of his intention to commence defamation suits against The Online Citizen and journalist Kirsten Han for publishing allegations of Ravi's misconduct in a recent death penalty activism case.

The UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia condemns the execution of Malaysian national Prabagaran Srivijayan. It noted the increase of executions in Singapore and was concerned about how they are conducted in "secretive" manner. "We reiterate our position that drugs related offences are not considered as a ‘most serious crime’ under international law and should not carry the death penalty. We also reiterate previous calls to the Singaporean government to immediately instate a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, which we believe has no place in the 21st century."

A vigil attended by family and friends of Prabagaran Srivijayan, a convicted Malaysian drug smuggler sentenced to hanging, was disrupted by Singapore Police Force officers yesterday night.

The UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia calls on the Singaporean Government to halt the imminent execution of Malaysian national Prabagaran Srivijayan for a drugs related offence, and urges the Government to immediately instate a moratorium on the use of the death penalty.

Amnesty International, a cross-border human rights organization, is demanding the halt of an impending execution for a convicted drug trafficker in Singapore.

A 27-year-old Malaysian who had earlier been found guilty of bringing into Singapore 22.24g of diamorphine, the pure form of heroin, was on Monday (Sep 22) sentenced to death. Prabagaran a/l Srivijayan was arrested in the early morning of April 12, 2012, at the Woodlands Checkpoint after immigration officers found two bundles wrapped with black masking tape – later found to contain the diamorphine – in the centre armrest console of the car he was driving into Singapore.