Cabinet to study alternatives to death penalty

PETALING JAYA: The Cabinet will study a report on a proposal to replace the mandatory death penalty with alternative sentences before the end of February, said Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.

The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) said that he had been briefed on the findings by the Special Committee to review the alternative sentences to the mandatory death penalty, which was chaired by Tun Richard Malanjum.