
Amnesty International Malaysia had condemned the impending ‘last minute’ execution of Gunasegar Pitchaymuthu scheduled for March 25, 2016. — File pic
Malaysian authorities “secretly” executed three inmates convicted for murders Friday. According to the representing attorney for the three inmates, their families were only notified two days before their execution.
Attorney Palaya Rengaiah, the lawyer for Gunasegar Pitchaymuthu, 35, Ramesh Jayakumar, 34, and his brother Sasivarnam Jayakumar, 37, said the three men were told on Thursday, that they will be executed the next day, the Guardian reported. “The execution was done between 4:30 and 5:30 this morning. They were hanged to death,” Rengaiah said. Read more