Consider rehabilitative justice, not punishment only

PETALING JAYA: Now that Malaysia is finally dropping the mandatory death penalty, we should move ahead to consider “rehabilitative justice”, says an NGO.

NGO and civil society organisations that have been pushing for Malaysia to stop applying the mandatory death penalty welcomed the passing of two Bills in Parliament yesterday that finally did away with the mandatory penalty: the Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Bill 2023 and the Revision of Sentences of Death and Imprisonment for Natural Life (Temporary Jurisdiction of the Federal Court) Bill 2023.