900 on death row for drug trafficking may get reprieve

SOME 900 Malaysians and foreigners on death row for drug trafficking may get a reprieve on their sentences pending a study to abolish the death penalty, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz.

“A proposal will be submitted to the Cabinet by next week to approve the moratorium on death sentences pending the outcome of a study by the Attorney-General’s Chambers to abolish the death penalty for those convicted under Section 52(1) of the Dangerous Drugs Act,” he told reporters here after meeting a delegation of Indonesian lawmakers from the Indonesian-Malaysian Cau­cus in Parliament House.