128 Women on Death Row (113 Drug Trafficking, 5 Murder,...) 26 Malaysians and 102 Foreigners(as at 1/10/2021) - Parliamentary Reply

Did the MP just ask about women on death row? What about men? Maybe the report did not cover - maybe the Parliamentary answer will have relevant statistics

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Home Ministry: 128 women prisoners facing the gallows as of Oct 1

By TARRENCE TAN, RAHIMY RAHIM and MARTIN CARVALHO

Nation

• Wednesday, 27 Oct 2021

  4:19 PM MYT

KUALA LUMPUR: There are a total of 128 women prisoners facing the death sentence as of Oct 1, says the Home Ministry.

In a written reply in Parliament on Wednesday (Oct 27), the ministry said data from the Prisons Department showed that of the 128 condemned prisoners, 26 were Malaysians and the remaining 102 were foreigners.

It said the statistics also showed that 113 of the death sentences were related to drug trafficking.

"For Section 302 under the Penal Code for murder, 15 female prisoners were convicted," it added in responding to Maria Chin Abdullah (PH-Petaling Jaya).

The MP had asked how many women prisoners there were as of October this year and what offences they had committed. - Star, 27/10/2021

 

In recognition of this year’s theme, “Women sentenced to or facing the death penalty”, Batu Kawan MP Kasthuri Patto highlighted the 129 women on death row in Malaysia as of last year, adding that this was about 16% of all the women sentenced to death globally. - see FMT, 10/10/2021