MalayMail/Bernama-Dec 22
The Cabinet today agreed to continue with reviewing laws related to the mandatory death penalty, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. In a statement today, she said the Attorney General’s Chambers has examined the implementation of policy of the proposed alternative sentence against the mandatory death penalty involving 11 offences that carry the mandatory death penalty as provided in the Penal Code and the Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971 and 23 offences that carry the mandatory death penalty subject to Court discretion under the Penal Code, the Arms Act 1960, the Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971 and the Kidnapping Act 1961. “The moratorium is still maintained for death penalty offenders until all amendments to the bill are implemented. Azalina said the relevant legal amendments however did not abolish the death penalty entirely but gave discretion to the court to decide the appropriate punishment based on the facts of the case. “The implementation of this alternative sentence proposal is the government’s commitment to ensure that the implementation of the abolition of the mandatory death penalty is scrutinized in depth and in detail from all aspects so that any follow-up action by the government related to this issue will have a positive impact on the country,” she said. She said the bills related to the abolition of the mandatory death penalty are expected to be tabled in the Parliament sitting in February next year (2023). Read more at: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/12/21/azalina-bill-to-abolish-mandatory-death-penalty-slated-for-tabling-in-feb-2023/46545
