
MALAYSIA: PUTRAJAYA TABLES BILLS TO ABOLISH MANDATORY DEATH SENTENCE FOR FIRST READING IN PARLIAMENT
06 October 2022
The Malaysian government on October 6, 2022 introduced amendments to existing legislation in Parliament to replace the mandatory death penalty for several criminal offences, in a significant step towards bringing the country closer towards complete abolition of capital punishment.
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A 49-year-old man has been sentenced to death in Singapore for heroin trafficking after the High Court rejected his contention that the majority of the drugs found in his apartment belonged to his 26-year-old girlfriend, The Straits Times reported on October 3, 2022.
Read everythingAfter a week of deliberation, on the afternoon of 30 September 2022, the People’s Court of Dong Thap province sentenced defendant Nguyen Trung Thanh, former chief accountant of Pilmico Vietnam Co. Ltd.
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