PETALING JAYA: The government has agreed to abolish the mandatory death penalty and allow judges to have discretion on sentencing, says Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.
The Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Parliament and Law) said the decision was made after the Report on the Study of Substitute Sentences on Mandatory Death Penalty was presented by him at the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday (June 8).
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