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Malaysia agrees to abolish mandatory death penalty
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMalaysia has agreed to abolish the mandatory death penalty and allow judges to set alternative punishments for a range of offenses, the country's law...
Malaysia scraps mandatory death penalty and natural-life prison terms
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoMalaysia's parliament passed sweeping legal reforms to abolish the mandatory death penalty and...
Rights groups welcome Malaysia's move on death penalty
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHuman rights groups on Tuesday applauded Malaysia's move to scrap the mandatory death penalty as a...
Opinion: My country abolished the death penalty. So can yours
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoFormer Mongolian President Elbegdorj Tsakhia offers some advice to new Singaporean President Tharman...
Malaysia Parliament votes to scrap mandatory death sentences
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMalaysia's Parliament on Monday approved a bill that would scrap mandatory death penalties and limit...
Singapore Executed Another Drug Offender: Why the Country Clings to the Death Penalty—and Why...
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA guard keeps watch over Changi Prison. Credit - Jonathan Drake—Getty Images Amid protests and...
Malaysia seeks to decriminalise suicide attempts
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMalaysia is seeking to decriminalise suicide attempts, its law minister said on Tuesday, the latest in a recent slew of legal reforms pursued by Prime...
What Topped Asia’s Legal Agenda in 2023—From Same-Sex Marriage to the Death Penalty
Time via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCredit - Getty Images While Asia may have a reputation—fostered by some of its own leaders—of having...
Singapore hangs 2 drug traffickers despite opposition
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo drug traffickers were hanged in Singapore on Thursday, bringing the number of executions this...
Malaysia moves to decriminalise drug possession in major shift for southeast Asian country
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoMalaysia is looking to decriminalise the possession and use of illegal drugs in small quantities in...