MCA should be ashamed, not proud of championing executions - LFL

Published: Jun 12, 2022 6:32 AM

Lawyers For Liberty has slammed MCA Youth leader Heng Zhi Li for his claims that party president Wee Ka Siong should be lauded for the cabinet’s decision not to fully abolish the death penalty.

The NGO’s director Zaid Malek describes MCA’s continued support for the brutality of judicial executions as “shameful” and backwards.

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