Keep mandatory death sentence for brutal crimes, say victims' grief-stricken kin


KUALA LUMPUR: The mother of a rape and murder victim has made a tearful plea to the government to retain the mandatory death penalty.

Alice Tan Siew Ling, whose 17-year-old daughter was raped and murdered in 2009, broke down during a press conference in the Parliament lobby on Monday (April 3).

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