Home Ministry: Prison Dept is not considering public flogging for drug offences as alternative to abolished mandatory death penalty

Home Ministry: Prison Dept is not considering public flogging for drug offences as alternative to abolished mandatory death penalty

Malay Mail - Malaysia·2023-05-25 06:01

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — The Prison Department has no plans to impose public flogging for drug offenders as a replacement for the mandatory death penalty that was recently abolished, the Home Ministry said.

In a Parliamentary written reply today, the ministry told the Dewan Rakyat that the Prison Department is not determining the method of punishment as it is usually decided by the judiciary.

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