Calls renewed to abolish mandatory death penalty for drug offences


PETALING JAYA: Calls to abolish the mandatory death penalty for drug-related offences have been renewed following a case where a 55-year-old single mother was sentenced to death for trafficking 113.9g of drugs.

Amnesty International Malaysia (AIM) said that this showed that the nation's drug policies had generally failed.

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