PETALING JAYA: Two brothers who were due to be executed on Friday morning for a murder they were convicted for received a temporary reprieve at the last minute, said Amnesty International Malaysia.

Brothers Rames and Suthar Batumalai, who were convicted for murder in April 2010, had earlier submitted a clemency application for a royal pardon through their lawyers.

The clemency application was submitted to the Negri Sembilan Pardons Board on Thursday by Haresh Mahadevan & Co.

The family of Rames, 44, and Suthar, 39, were only informed on Wednesday that they should visit the brothers for the last time on Thursday ahead of their execution.

The brothers were originally found guilty of a murder committed in Feb 2006.-thestar