LFL adviser N Surendran said this included stopping the alleged intimidation and harassment of Singapore lawyer M Ravi, who is representing Nagaenthran.

In a statement today, Surendran claimed Ravi had been subjected to “concerted intimidation, oppression and undue pressure” by the Singapore authorities.

“This includes tens of thousands of dollars in personal cost orders made by the court against Ravi at the behest of the attorney-general arising from capital punishment cases argued vigorously by Ravi.

“Ravi has also been threatened with professional disciplinary complaints and baseless police investigations,” he said.

He believed the intimidation tactics were used to discourage Ravi from further representing Nagaenthran.

Surendran said the Singapore government must act according to the law, as well as its own obligations as a party to the UN Convention on Rights of People with Disabilities.

Nagaenthran’s lawyer had claimed that he is intellectually disabled with an IQ of 69.

Nagaenthran was convicted of trafficking in 42.72gm of diamorphine in 2011 and had been on death row for 11 years. He was scheduled to be hanged on Nov 10, 2021, but won a temporary respite on Nov 9 after the court was told he had tested positive for Covid-19 when he appeared for a last-bid attempt against his sentence.

Following the dramatic turn of events, he was granted a further stay of execution by the Court of Appeal.

His application to set aside the death sentence will be heard by a five-member Court of Appeal bench led by chief justice Sundaresh Menon on Jan 24.