Madpet: Single mum's death sentence shows drug law harsh on the poor

The Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture (Madpet) has voiced its concerns over the unfairly harsh drug laws against the underprivileged.

The group noted that in March 2018, an amendment to the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 provided the new possibility of a sentence other than death for drug trafficking coming into force.

“However, to be sentenced to an alternate sentence of life imprisonment, certain conditions had to be...