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Singapore invites Richard Branson for debate on drugs, death penalty

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After Branson posted a blog article about a Malaysian hanged in Singapore, the government proposed a live televised debate between him and law minister K Shanmugam.

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Richard Branson had said a Malaysian, Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, was hanged in Singapore despite being intellectually challenged. (Bernama pic)

SINGAPORE:
Singapore has invited British tycoon Richard Branson to a live televised debate with law and home affairs minister K Shanmugam on the republic’s approach towards drugs and the death penalty.

The invitation was made in response to a blog article on Oct 10, in which Branson said he had joined a global community of advocates who tried to stop the execution of a Malaysian convicted on a drugs charge.

The home ministry said Branson could use the debate “to demonstrate to Singaporeans the error of our ways and why Singapore should do away with laws that have kept our population safe from the global scourge of drug abuse”.

Branson had said that the Malaysian, Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, had a “well-documented intellectual disability”, and was hanged despite that.

The home ministry said: “We have clarified on several occasions that this is untrue. The Singapore courts held that Nagaenthran knew what he was doing and that he was not intellectually disabled.”

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