After several years of battling against his death sentence, convicted murderer Kho Jabing was executed today around 3.30pm at Changi Prison.
Initially meant to be hanged at dawn today, the 31-year-old Sarawakian was granted a stay of execution late last night, hours before he was due for the gallows. His lawyer Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss filed for a stay of execution yesterday afternoon, but it was promptly dismissed.
She appealed against that dismissal, which managed to halt Kho's execution that was supposed to take place this morning. It was dismissed later on, with the five-panel Court of Appeal chiding Kho's lawyers for "abusing the process of the court".