Gobind seeks update on death penalty reviews following amendments

PARLIAMENT | Gobind Singh Deo (Pakatan Harapan -Damansara) has called on the government to reveal follow-up action since the government passed amendments that abolished the mandatory death sentence for 12 offences earlier in the year.

In a question to Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Azalina Othman Said, Gobind asked how many of those currently on death row have applied for their sentences to be reviewed...