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Malaysia
In 2018, Malaysia had a change in government for the first time since its independence. The new administration has committed to abolishing the death penalty for all crimes. Malaysia has had a moratorium on executions since this date.
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Women
Asia
Drugs
Death penalty
Malaysia
A 55-year-old woman was sentenced to death in Malaysia last week after being convicted for possessing drugs.Hairun Jalmani, a single mother of nine children, was sentenced by Judge Alwi Abdul Wahab on 15 October at the Tawau High Court in Sabah, Malaysia. She was caught with 113.9g of methamphetami…
Source — Independent
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Coronavirus
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Overcrowding
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Malaysia
With Malaysia already facing an impending prison overcrowding issue where close to 70,000 are currently serving jail terms for various offences across the country, lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo urged the government to stop sending movement control order (MCO) offenders to prison as it will only worsen th…
Source — Malay Mail
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Malaysia: eight AIDS-related deaths recorded in Kajang Prison as of October, says deputy director
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Health
Malaysia
Eight AIDS-related deaths have been recorded involving male inmates of Kajang Prison as of October this year, said its superintendent Shollehin Dahari.
Source — Malay Mail
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Malaysia
The Malaysian Prisons Department is studying the viability of using artificial intelligence (AI) systems in its facilities.
Its director general Datuk Seri Zulkifli Omar said smart technologies could be used to support management and administration within and outside prison walls.
Source — The Star
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Malaysia
Malaysia has rowed back on an earlier plan to completely repeal the death penalty, saying that while the government will abolish mandatory capital punishment, it will leave it for courts to decide whether a person convicted of a serious crime will hang.
The mandatory death penalty for 11 criminal o…
Source — CNA
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Drugs
Malaysia
Some 33,500 of the 59,600 convicts in prisons in this country are because of drug offences and they represent 56 per cent of the total number of prison inmates nationwide.
Director of Inmate Management of the Prison Department, SAC Nordin Muhamad said of the total, 71.3 percent of those in prison a…
Source — Astroawani
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Malaysia
PETALING JAYA: Suaram adviser Kua Kia Soong has urged the public to show interest in the treatment of Malaysian prisoners so that the authorities would feel pressured to respect their rights.
Speaking to FMT, Kua said mistreated prisoners could end up being a bigger threat to society after their re…
Source — Free Malaysia Today
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