Dewan passes amendments to abolish mandatory death penalty


KUALA LUMPUR: Amendments in relation to the abolition of the mandatory death penalty have been approved by the Dewan Rakyat.

The amendments were introduced via the tabling of the Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Bill 2023 for the second and third reading by Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Ramkarpal Singh in Parliament on Monday (April 3).

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