KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Bar urged the Terengganu state government and the Federal government to reconsider public caning practices by reviewing and amending laws that permit such punishments to ensure they are proportionate, rehabilitative, and respectful of human dignity.
Its president, Mohamad Ezri Abdul Waha,b was referring to the impending public caning of a carpenter in Terengganu tomorrow under the Syariah Criminal Offences (Takzir) (Terengganu) Enactment Amendment 2022.
