Pro-life groups hail reforms on mandatory death penalty


PETALING JAYA: The legislative amendments needed to abolish the mandatory death penalty, which is expected to be tabled in Parliament in October, has been welcomed by pro-life groups and advocates.

Former diplomat Datuk Noor Farida Mohd Ariffin said many non-government organisations have been asking for the abolition of the death penalty for years.

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