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DEATH SENTENCES AND EXECUTIONS 2022

This report covers the judicial use of the death penalty for the period January to December 2021. Amnesty International reports only on executions, death sentences and other aspects of the use of the death penalty, such as commutations and exonerations, where there is reasonable confirmation. In...

Media Quote: Abolition of the Mandatory Death Penalty 

27 March 2023  Responding to the bills introduced in Parliament to abolish the mandatory death penalty, Amnesty International Malaysia’s Executive Director, Katrina Jorene Maliamauv said:  “We commend the government’s resolve to recommence reforms to abolish the mandatory death...

Pemansuhan Hukuman Mati

Jenayah yang dikenakan hukuman mati di Malaysia  Pembunuhan  Pengedaran dadah  Pengkhianatan  Melancarkan perang terhadap Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Raja)  Keganasan  Penculikan atau penculikan untuk membunuh  Pemilikan senjata api  Bersubahat dengan...

Mansuhkan Hukuman Mati Mandatori

Pada 27 Mac 2023, dua rang undang-undang – Pemansuhan Hukuman Mati Mandatori 2023 dan  Semakan Hukuman Mati dan Pemenjaraan Sepanjang Hayat (Bidang Kuasa Sementara Mahkamah Persekutuan) 2023 – telah dibentangkan di Parlimen bertujuan untuk memansuhkan hukuman mati mandatori dengan memberi...

End the Mandatory Death Penalty

On 27 March 2023, two bills – the Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Bill 2023 and the Revision of Sentence of Death and Imprisonment for Natural Life (Temporary Jurisdiction of the Federal Court) Bill 2023 – were tabled in Parliament to abolish the mandatory death penalty and give...

EXECUTION OF MALAYSIAN NATIONAL IN SINGAPORE: KALWANT SINGH

Kalwant Singh, a Malaysian national, was convicted and sentenced to the mandatory death penalty in 2016 for drug trafficking in 2013. The High Court found him to have been a “courier”, but the prosecution did not provide him with a certificate of substantive assistance, a requirement for the judges...