Singapore executes disabled Malaysian man over drugs conviction

Activists hold posters against the impending execution of Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam (AP)

Authorities in Singapore have executed a mentally disabled Malaysian man condemned over a drug offence after a court dismissed a last-minute challenge from his mother and international pleas to spare him.

Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, 34, had been on death row for more than a decade after he was convicted of trafficking about 43gs (1.5oz) of heroin into Singapore.