In April that year, Datchinamurthy complained to the court that his and Gobi's private letters were being 'illegally copied and forwarded by prison' to the AGC. In January 2020, Datchinamurthy and fellow inmate Gobi Avedian sought to stay their execution, pending investigations into allegations that 'unlawful' methods were being used in judicial execution. His appeal against the verdict was dismissed in February 2016.
Justices Andrew Phang, Judith Prakash and Belinda Ang will issue detailed grounds of the decision at a later date, according to the report.ĭatchinamurthy was convicted in April 2015 and given death penalty. The hearing in the case is fixed for May 20, according to the daily report.ĭatchinamurthy represented himself in the High Court. Kataiah and 12 other death row convicts have filed a civil application against the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC), seeking declarations and damages over the disclosure of their private letters. The court decision came on Thursday, a day after an Indian-origin man was hanged for drug trafficking at the Changi Prison.ĭatchinamurthy Kataiah (36) was scheduled to be hanged on Friday, The Straits Times reported. A court here stayed the execution of an Indian-origin man convicted of drug trafficking, pending the conclusion of a civil application that he and other death row inmates filed against the Attorney General's Chambers.
