Death penalty: Putrajaya's activism laudable but hypocritical - HRW

New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Malaysia's recent effort to dissuade Singapore from imposing the death penalty on Malaysian KD Nagaenthran was commendable.

However, it also exposed Putrajaya's "hypocrisy" because Malaysia has nearly identical laws which would sentence Nagaenthran to death for the same offence.

"Judges in Malaysia are currently required to...