M'sia meted out over 26 death sentences but zero executions in 2019 - NGO

Following the previous Pakatan Harapan government imposing a moratorium on the death penalty, Malaysia has recorded zero executions in 2019, according to a report by Amnesty International.

In the report titled "Death Sentences and Executions 2019", the non-governmental organisation (NGO) said that Malaysia’s moratorium on the death sentence in 2019 was in line with the global trend that year showing momentum towards worldwide abolition of the penalty...