* MADPET's position is that the mandatory death penalty should have been abolished - and there was no need to delay abolition until this committee submitted their report. What other reasons will the government have later on for the abolition of the mandatory death penalty, one wonders.. WHY is this report not made public? If made public, others may have chances to make their additional submissions - including agreement or disagreement with the Report...There is no need for cabinet decision whether to release the report or not? After all, Cabinet makes up its own mind ...they may follow the report, maybe some not all, or make a totally different decision...Abolition the mandatory death penalty still retains the death penalty - and judges will have the discretion to decide on appropriate sentences..
Minister: Special committee submits report on death penalty alternative sentences
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — The Special Committee to Review Alternative
Sentences to the Mandatory Death Penalty has submitted its report
containing recommendations on the matter to the government, today.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong said
the former Chief Justice Tan Sri Richard Malanjum presented the
findings of its comprehensive study contained in the 128-page report to
him.
“My office is now studying the contents of the official report as
well as the recommendations made by the special committee. In the coming
weeks, a Cabinet paper on the findings and recommendations will be
tabled before Cabinet for its deliberation.
“All further actions and decisions in respect to the official report
and the recommendations therein will be based on a collective Cabinet
decision on the matter,” he said in a statement today.
Liew said the special committee held several town halls and public
consultations across the country with all segments of society in four
months since it began its study on Sept 20, 2019, and concluded on Jan
31, 2020.
Among various public engagements were government and enforcement
agencies, religious groups, non-governmental organisations, families of
prisoners on death row, prisoners on death row, families of the victims,
government and opposition Members of Parliament.
“International experts across the globe including from the
Universities of Oxford and Cambridge in the United Kingdom were also
consulted.
“I express my heartfelt gratitude on behalf of the government of
Malaysia to the special committee for their outstanding effort in
reviewing alternative sentences to the mandatory death penalty. It was
no easy task,” he said.
Liew also said that the official report was a significant study
bound to alter the landscape of the nation’s entire criminal sentencing
policy as the government moves to abolish the mandatory death penalty in
Malaysia. — Bernama - Malay Mail, 11/2/2020
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