KUALA LUMPUR: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong has the power to decide the period and conditions of detention for juvenile offenders and whether to release or detain them upon review.
Section 97(2) of the Child Act applies to juvenile offenders charged with a serious crime that carries the death penalty, such as murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
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