KUALA LUMPUR: Those who aid in attempted suicide cases may face between 10 and 20 years in jail soon.
This comes after Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said tabled three separate Bills in the Dewan Rakyat, including decriminalising attempted suicide as an offence and helping the victims.
She said the classification aimed to protect children or those who were mentally incapacitated from being influenced or manipulated into attempting or committing suicide. It also defines a person who lacks mental capacity as unable to understand the consequences of their actions. Section 309 will be removed from the Penal Code, which currently makes attempted suicide an offence of up to a year in jail, a fine or both upon conviction.
Azalina said amendments to the Mental Health Act would define the post and powers of ‘crisis intervention officers’ under Section 11.
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