Amending the Death Penalty for Drug Trafficking?

19-Feb-20 14:00

Amending the Death Penalty for Drug Trafficking?

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Yesterday, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced that the mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking might be amended to a life sentence. We look at the rationale for this move.

Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs, Tee Shiao Eek, Lim Sue Ann

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Tags: The Bigger Picture, The Daily Digest, drug trafficking, death sentence, death penalty, life sentence, prison, jail, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, drug abuse, drug policy reform, Ministry of Health, methadone maintenance therapy, needle syringe exchange programme, substance abuse, Parliament, Pakatan government, criminal justice system, Amnesty International, Dangerous Drugs Act,

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