Kho Jabing, the Malaysian who was scheduled to be hanged in Singapore today for murder, has been allowed a last-minute stay of execution.
The stay was granted late last night.
According to a report by The Star Online‘s Rashvinjeet S. Bedi, lawyer Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss filed an originating summons challenging the ‘constitutionality of certain aspects of the amendments to the mandatory death penalty in Singapore.’.
Jabing, 31, of Ulu Baram, Sarawak, was found guilty of killing a Chinese construction worker in 2008 during an attempted robbery.
His family was not about to give up either — his sister Kho Jumai said the fight would still continue to spare her brother from the gallows.
“What I have done has not been easy. I cannot give up and will never give up although the date is near. If anyone has a problem like my brother’s, this is my message to you: Never give up,” The Star Online quoted her as saying at a press conference in Singapore yesterday.
