Cabinet to receive special panel findings on alternatives to death penalty next month


PETALING JAYA: The findings of a committee, formed to study alternatives to the death penalty, will be presented to the Cabinet before the end of February, says Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.

The Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Parliament and Law) said he had been briefed by the committee, chaired by Tun Richard Malanjun, on its findings and recommendations.

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