KUALA LUMPUR: Of the 829 prisoners convicted and sentenced to death between 2010 and 2016, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said that 95 were pardoned or given reprieves, while 12 were executed.
“Statistics from the Prisons Department show that between 2010 and February 22, 2016, the courts sentenced 829 prisoners to death for various crimes, including murder, drug trafficking, firearms trafficking and kidnapping,” said Ahmad Zahid, who is also the Home Minister.
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