COMMENT | Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam’s case exposes the real state of the Singapore State. It exposes the real truth about how it runs the country and why people there live in fear, rather than live freely. It exposes that human rights and human lives have no value if you are poor.

Singapore's court registry has fixed 2.30pm yesterday to hear Nagaenthran's appeal against his death sentence for a drug trafficking conviction, as well as hear a new application for a psychiatric assessment of his deteriorating mental state. The Singapore system has proven again that it has zero tolerance for those who dissent.

Many people in Malaysia glorify Singapore as a role model. The attempt to rush to hang and murder a drug mule with mental health issues is disgraceful and shocking...