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.

<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-36fc0690-7fff-f19a-44bf-29ed1bc936cd">Yesterday, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced that the <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/10/malaysia-unfair-trials-secretive-hangings-petty-drug-convictions-cruel-injustice-death-penalty/">mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking</a> might be <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/02/18/mandatory-death-sentence-for-drug-trafficking-may-be-amended-to-life-term-says-dr-m">amended to a life sentence</a>. We look at the rationale for this move.</span></p>

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