The case of D. Nagaenthran in Singapore has renewed the debate on the death penalty here. But the number of people put on death row by Malaysian courts has been decreasing since 2018, according to data from the judiciary.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 Fewer individuals in the country have been handed the death sentence over the past four years, with the decline first noted starting 2018. Citing data from the offices of the Registrar of the High Court of Malaya and Registrar of the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak, The.
PETALING JAYA: Does possession of more than 50gm of Methamphetamine justify death? Madpet (Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture) posed this qu.
Call to abolish detention without trial Pix for illustration purposes.
PETALING
JAYA: Civil societies and legal experts have urged the government to abolish security-related Acts that allow the detention of a person without trial.
They particularly singled out the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) and the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 (Poca).
Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) executive director Sevan Doraisamy said this is in light of the recent report of family members of 22 men
detained under Sosma who claimed they were assaulted while held in the Jelebu prison in Negri Sembilan.
“The Home Ministry should also do away with detention without trial and the use of excessive remand orders.