Alternative sentences to death penalty finalised, to be presented to Cabinet, says Wan Junaidi

PUTRAJAYA: The government has finalised its policy decision on alternative sentences to the mandatory death sentence for 11 offences and will present it to the Cabinet soon.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said that the government had also finalised the policy decision on alternative sentences for 22 offences where the death penalty is at the discretion of the court as well as the moratorium on the execution of the 1,337 inmates on death row.