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Malaysia’s parliament passed a bill Monday to remove mandatory death sentences, with rights groups welcoming the vote as an “important step” that could have a knock-on effect elsewhere in Southeast Asia.
The bill does not scrap death sentences but grants judges the option to instead impose lengthy prison sentences of between 30 to 40 years under certain conditions. Malaysia has had a moratorium on executions since 2018, but courts have continued to send inmates to death row. Human Rights Watch deputy Asia director Phil Robertson called Monday’s vote an “important step forward for Malaysia”, and hopes it will add pressure for other Southeast Asian nations to follow suit.
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