Nazri renews call for abolition of death penalty

PARLIAMENT | Padang Rengas MP Nazri Abdul Aziz has renewed his call for Putrajaya to abolish the mandatory death penalty.

"In Malaysia, there are 918 death row inmates, including 472 Malaysians and 446 non-Malaysians. Their countries had sought clemency on behalf of the families and we have to sort this out.

"It is not right to take the lives of another. It's not logical," he said.

He urged the government to...