Lawyer groups are pleading with Singapore President Halimah Yacob and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to commute the death sentence of Malaysian Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam.

Members of the Malaysian Bar Council gathered in front of the Singapore High Commission at Jalan Tun Razak in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon and handed a memorandum appealing for Nagaenthran’s clemency.

"We have asked for...