Thread by @Kokilaparvathi

1/ Time is running out very quickly to #stoptheexecution of Tangaraju Suppiah.

Yesterday, Tangaraju rushed to file a review application based on a new legal argument pertaining to why he believes his conviction and sentence should be set aside.

2/ It was an argument that he had not advanced before. It was summarily dismissed this afternoon without being heard by the court. This means there are no more avenues to halt his execution from taking place tomorrow at dawn unless President Halimah Yacob stops it.

3/ Tangaraju's mother, Paapa, visited him this morning for the first time in almost 3 years. She doesn't know that her son faces the noose tomorrow morning. The family haven't told her because they don't think she will be able to bear it.

4/ When @justanotherock and I picked her up from the nursing home she resides in this morning, to take her to prison, she was in high spirits. She told me she'd been given mee goreng and kopi susu for breakfast, but the mee goreng wasn't nice, so she hadn't eaten it.

5/ She was so excited to see her dear son after all these years. On the way to the prison, she chatted with me enthusiastically, like any Indian grandma would, about whether I was married, how many siblings I had and what I did for work.

6/ She said she's happy at the nursing home - the staff were kind, and she was friends with the other residents, and watches TV. But she doesn't often get to leave, or see her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, so she was really looking forward to this excursion.

7/ 73 this year, Paapa worked as a road sweeper for 18 years to support her family. After the visit, she was elated. "I'm so happy I saw him. It's been too long. We talked about the past...his birthdays, my wedding. He asked the rest of my family to take care of me.

8/ He assured me that he's well," she grinned. On the journey back, she said she was hungry, and looking forward to eating Hor Fun, her favourite dish, which she doesn't get in the nursing home.

9/ Paapa, who left her visit with her son today in such a cheerful, childlike state, will never see Tangaraju again, if President Halimah Yacob doesn't act now.

#StopTheKilling #AbolishTheDeathPenalty #SaveTangaraju