Chief Justice Tan Sri Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat (left) and outgoing Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak, Tan Sri David Wong Dak Wah (second left) during the press conference on Wednesday.
KOTA KINABALU: The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for data sentencing has begun in Sabah courts, which is seen as a progressive move by the Malaysian judiciary to use the technology as a form of aid in meting out punishment.
The initiative, which was seen as an effort to achieve parity in sentencing, is currently only deployed for two offences in Sabah and Sarawak courts – Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 for drug possession and Section 376 of the Penal Code for rape.
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