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Malaysia ends the death penalty for criminal offences
Malaysia Government ends the death penalty in criminal cases like murder, kidnapping and other crimes including firearms
The Malaysian government has decided to end the death penalty. Malaysia's Communication and Multi-Media Minister Gobind Singh Dev said that considering the strong opposition to this punishment, the government has decided to end it.
After the death penalty is over, Malaysia will get the moral right to fight for the lives of the Malaysians facing the death penalty in other countries.
Like many other countries of the world, in Malaysia, a large section of human rights groups and the general public were demanding to end the death penalty for a long time. In this matter, the Malaysian Cabinet had recently held a meeting, after which the government agreed to abolish the death penalty.
Since this decision of the government, the human rights groups and the general public also welcomed the decision and thanked the government.
In a statement, Lawyer for Liberty Rights Group N Surendran said in a statement that the death sentence is barbarous and is unimaginably brutal.
The death penalty is mandatory in Malaysia for murder, kidnapping and other crimes including firearms. Malaysia is executed by hanging in death. It was believed to be the legacy of the British colonial period. This rule of a death sentence is also being run here since the British era.
