Seven bills tabled over abolishing mandatory death penalty

In line with Malaysia’s move to abolish the mandatory death penalty, seven bills were tabled for first reading in the Dewan Rakyat today to make the necessary amendments to the pertinent laws.

They were the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2022, the Kidnapping (Amendment) Bill 2022, Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2022, and Arms (Amendment) Bill 2022).

The other three were the...