A more just Malaysia begins with ending the death penalty

MINISTER in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said’s announcement on the formation of a task force to review Malaysia’s death penalty policy signals a moment of real possibility – a chance for our nation to reflect, listen and to lead, “Govt to form task force to review death penalty policy, direction, says Azalina” (The Star, July 22).

For too long, the death penalty has been seen as a necessary instrument of justice – a symbol of deterrence and moral reckoning.