Malasia abolirá la pena de muerte

Patrick Feller

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Malasia abolirá la pena de muerte

2 noviembre 2018

Malasia se convertirá en uno de los 142 países del mundo que es contrario a la pena de muerte, a diferencia de sus vecinos Tailandia, Vietnam y Singapur. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

By Al Jazeera

Malaysia's cabinet has agreed to abolish the death penalty and halt pending executions, a move that has been hailed by international human rights groups and foreign diplomats.

A proposed bill on abolishing capital punishment is likely to be discussed by the government when the Malaysian parliament meets on Monday.

"All death penalty will be abolished. Full stop," a Channel NewsAsia report cited Law Minister Liew Vui Keong as saying.

Keong called for a halt on all executions until the decision is in effect, saying: "Since we are abolishing the sentence, all executions should not be carried out."

"We will inform the Pardons Board to look into various applications for convicts on the [death penalty] waiting list to either be commuted or released," he said.

Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo confirmed that the cabinet, which met on Wednesday, had resolved to end the death penalty.

"I hope the law will be amended soon," he told AFP news agency.

More than 1,200 people are on death row in Malaysia, which mandates hanging as punishment for a wide range of crimes including murder, kidnapping, drug trafficking and treason, among others.