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Eight key legal reforms in 2023 that take Malaysia forward
Malay Mail via Yahoo News· 6 months agoKUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — Malaysia repealed, amended, enacted and gave new interpretations to eight...
HRW: Malaysia’s abolition of mandatory death penalty significant step, but freedom of speech still...
Malay Mail via Yahoo News· 6 months agoKUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — In Human Rights Watch’s World Report 2024 launched yesterday, Malaysia scored...
Azalina: Prisoners can start applying for court to review death sentences from tomorrow onwards as...
Malay Mail via Yahoo News· 10 months agoKUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 — Prisoners in Malaysia who had been sentenced to death or to life...
A brief history of Malaysia’s capital punishment and death row inmates
Malay Mail via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKUALA LUMPUR, April 3 — Decades after colonial rule, Malaysia has finally taken the first concrete...
Govt says mulling new law to handle those on death row amid moratorium
Malay Mail via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — The government is considering enacting a new temporary law for prisoners...
Use of hemp, cannabis or ketum for medical purposes punishable in Malaysia until legalised, says...
Malay Mail via Yahoo News· 2 years agoKUALA LUMPUR, July 28 — Malaysians found using cannabis, hemp, ketum or any of its by-products for...
Explainer: A breakdown of the seven Bills tabled to abolish the mandatory death penalty
Malay Mail via Yahoo News· 2 years agoKUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 — On October 6, Malaysia took a historic step towards the complete abolition of...
AGC rejects plea by ex-envoy, son to drop cannabis planting charges
Malay Mail via Yahoo News· 2 years agoKUALA LUMPUR, Sept 29 — The Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) has turned down a plea by a former...
What Topped Asia’s Legal Agenda in 2023—From Same-Sex Marriage to the Death Penalty
Time via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCredit - Getty Images While Asia may have a reputation—fostered by some of its own leaders—of having...
Suaram urges police to use other relevant laws instead of Sosma to investigate Sabah’s biggest drug...
Malay Mail via Yahoo News· 6 months agoKUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 — Human rights group Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) today expressed its concern...