Death penalty may be scrapped for drug offences


Lending a hand: Nazri presenting a contribution to a villager in Sauk near Padang Rengas.

PADANG RENGAS: The Government is looking into the possibility of withdrawing the mandatory death sentence for drug offences and replacing it with jail terms.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said the Attorney-General's (A-G) Chambers would study the suitability of the move.

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