Consider This: Death Penalty — Have Reforms Gone Far Enough?

The 2023 abolition of the mandatory death penalty was a landmark reform, giving judges discretion over whether to impose capital punishment. However the death penalty remains an option for drug offences. Is judicial discretion enough, or does Malaysia need further legislative reform for capital punishment? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks with Ngeow Chow Ying, Lawyer & Deputy Convenor for the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), and Karen Gomez-Dumpit, former Commissioner of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights and Convenor of ADPAN.