Filing of death penalty, life imprisonment sentence reviews to be handled by Prison Dept


KUALA LUMPUR: The filing of an application in court to review the mandatory death or life imprisonment sentences of 1,020 prisoners will be handled by the Prisons Department, says Ramkarpal Singh.

The Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) said that the department would be given a 90-day period to begin filing the applications for all 1,020 prisoners which begins Tuesday (Sept 12).

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