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Malaysia death penalty
May 02, 2023
Following Yet Another Execution, Singapore Shows It Is Out of Touch On Capital Punishment
By Aisyah Llewellyn
As its Southeast Asian neighbors take steps away from capital punishment, the Lion City is doubling down on a discredited anti-drug policy.
April 04, 2023
Malaysian Parliament Votes to End Mandatory Death Sentence
By Sebastian Strangio
While the government has stopped short of full abolition, the decision could save the lives of some of the 1,300 people currently on death row.
June 10, 2022
Malaysia Abolishes Mandatory Use of the Death Penalty
By Sebastian Strangio
While falling short of a total ban on capital punishment, the move is a rare sign of progress for Southeast Asia.
March 04, 2022
Malaysia Should Scrap the Death Penalty Once and For All
By Brian Yap
The move would send a strong signal to other Southeast Asian governments.
November 25, 2020
Explaining Southeast Asia’s Addiction to the Death Penalty
By Sebastian Strangio
The region remains a global outlier in terms of the use of capital punishment.
November 27, 2019
Malaysian Court Frees Australian Woman in Drug Case
By Associated Press
Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto had been sentenced to death. Now she’s been released and will return home to Sydney.
November 21, 2019
Drug Trafficker Case Another Test for Malaysia’s Pakatan Harapan Government
By Luke Hunt
A new case will spotlight Malaysia’s approach to the death penalty at home as well as its ties with Australia and Western countries more generally.
June 26, 2019
Will Malaysia End Its Archaic Suicide Law?
By Preeti Jha
The repeal of a colonial-era law could help to destigmatize mental illness.
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