Death row inmate S Prabagaran, 29, has been denied his final bid for a stay of his execution and would be hanged in Singapore tomorrow morning.

His lawyer N Surendran said the Singapore Court of Appeal delivered the verdict at 5pm today.

“That was the last avenue. The last hope. The stay of execution was on the grounds that the proceedings in Malaysia to refer Singapore to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is still pending before our Malaysian Court of Appeal.

“But the Singapore Court of Appeal has rejected the stay application. This means nothing more can be done,” he told Malaysiakini when contacted.

Surendran has been representing Prabagaran with the proceedings in Malaysia and was present in the Singapore court when the verdict was delivered.

He said Prabagaran's family is currently seeing him for the last time at the court premises.

The application for a stay of execution was filed by Prabagaran’s lawyer in Singapore, Choo Zheng Xi, who urged the Singapore court to put the execution tomorrow on hold pending resolution of the matter in Malaysia.

Prabagaran’s mother, V Eswary, had sued the Malaysian government to compel it to bring proceedings against Singapore at the ICJ.

He was convicted under Section 7 of the Misuse of Drugs Act (MDA) on July 22, 2014, for allegedly trafficking in 22.24 grams of diamorphone.

However, Eswary had claimed that there was a breach to Prabagaran right to a fair trial, and Malaysia is legally obliged to protect his rights.

Meanwhile, Surendran said it is an affront to international law and Prabagaran’s basic rights that he is to be hanged even with legal proceedings still pending.

“I am also extremely disappointed by the Malaysian government, which did not even lift a finger. It has not broken its silence on the Prabagaran situation, even though we have raised issue on the breach of fair trial.

“We are not saying don’t hang him. We are saying that he was denied a fair trial. Despite that, our government does not break its silence and call for the execution to be halted,” he added.