MP wants mandatory death penalty abolition applied retroactively

The abolition of the mandatory death penalty for certain crimes as approved by the cabinet should be applied retroactively, according to a PKR lawmaker. 

While welcoming Putrajaya’s move, PKR’s Sungai Buloh MP R Sivarasa said the abolition of the death penalty is not acceptable if it is not applied to ongoing trials and on death row inmates. 

“This is not a case of...