Kuala Lumpur: . Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar had earlier tabled a slew of government Bills relating to the abolishment of the death penalty for their first reading in Dewan Rakyat. The Bills were the Penal Code Bill 2022, the Criminal Procedure Code Bill 2022, Kidnapping Bill 2022, Criminal Justice Bill 2022, Arms Bill 2022, Firearms Bill 2022 and the Dangerous Drugs Bill 2022.
On June 8, the government agreed in principle to abolish the mandatory death penalty and to substitute it with other sentences which are subject to the discretion of the court. In August 2019, the Pakatan Harapan administration formed the Special Committee to Review Alternative Punishments to the Mandatory Death Penalty to examine alternatives to the mandatory death sentence.
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