The amendment is hoping to stop the war on drugs,
says the Bangkok Post.
A current law amendment was passed in Malaysia Senate that will provide the
discretion to decide whether to impose death penalty or life sentence.
This legislation will apply to those acting as drug
couriers and not actually buying or selling the substances. The government has been
prone to using drastic measures however; the number of drug incidents is still
rising. 2014-2017 saw 10,787 people have been charged with the mandatory death
sentence.
A Japanese nurse, Mariko Takeuchi, may be the last
person hung under the old Act as the “amendment is not retroactive”. She will
be the first Japanese person to be sentenced to hanging for drug trafficking
charges.
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