KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 — Prisoners in Malaysia who had been sentenced to death or to life imprisonment can start applying for the courts to review their sentences from tomorrow...
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 — Prisoners in Malaysia who had been sentenced to death or to life imprisonment can start applying for the courts to review their sentences from tomorrow onwards, as a new law enabling such reviews by the Federal Court will take effect from tomorrow, minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said today.
Azalina said the Cabinet had on August 30 this year agreed with the mechanism to conduct court proceedings in relation to the revision of mandatory death penalties and life imprisonment which had been proposed following engagement sessions with stakeholders. “Priority for the implementation of this mechanism covers factors such as prisoners’ age, health levels and length of prisoner’s imprisonment period and other considerations,” she said in a statement today.
“This also proves the Unity Government’s care in giving a second chance to prisoners who were sentenced to the death penalty and life imprisonment to return to society and their family and continue their life as ordinary citizens,” she said. “Upon reviewing the application, the Federal Court shall affirm or substitute the sentence of the applicant in accordance with the Penal Code, the Arms Act 1960, the Firearms Act 1971, the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and the Kidnapping Act 1961, as amended by the Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Act 2023,” Act 847 states.
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