Bills tabled to abolish mandatory death sentence, criminalise live-streaming sex involving children


KUALA LUMPUR: Four crucial Bills were tabled in Dewan Rakyat to pave the way for the abolition of the mandatory death sentence while also criminalising live-streaming sex involving children.

The Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of law and institutional reforms Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said (pic) tabled the Bills for their first reading on Monday (March 27).

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