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Malaysia to abolish the death penalty for all crimes
October 15 , 2018
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- Malaysia’s Cabinet has agreed to abolish death penalty for all crimes and halt pending executions.
- This decision was taken in pursuance of strong domestic opposition to colonial practice and is also in line with move away from capital punishment in the rest of the world.
- Currently capital punishment in Malaysia is mandatory for murder, kidnapping, possession of firearms, treason and drug trafficking, among other crimes.
- At present, the sentence of death penalty has been abolished in 103 countries.
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