[PODCAST] Daily Dose @ 5: M'sia agrees to end mandatory death penalty, Defence cites 'holes' in prosecution case as MH17 trial wraps

AMONG the headlines for Friday, June 10, 2022, Malaysia will abolish the mandatory death penalty, the government said today, in a move cautiously welcomed by rights groups as a rare progressive step on the issue for the region.

De facto law minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar earlier today announced that the mandatory death sentences for serious crimes would be replaced by ‘alternative punishments’ at the discretion of the courts.

Also, a Dutch lawyer for a Russian suspect said prosecutors of the trial in the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 failed to prove a Russian-made missile brought down the jetliner.

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