Azalina: Bill to abolish mandatory death penalty to be tabled in Feb 2023

The government is expected to table a bill on abolishing the mandatory death penalty in the Parliament in February next year, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Azalina Othman Said.

Azalina, in a statement this evening, said the proposal for an alternative treatment to the mandatory death penalty was being reviewed and discussed during the cabinet meeting today.

She said the implementation of...