Cabinet agrees on amending mandatory death sentence on drug traffickers


KUALA LUMPUR:  Judges may be allowed to impose an appropriate penalty instead of the mandatory death sentence on drug traffickers under an amendment to the Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act (1952).

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said in a written reply in Parliament that a memorandum will be handed over to the Cabinet for an amendment to the Act.

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