PETALING JAYA: Malaysia was ranked 10th in the use of the death penalty among 23 countries where executions were recorded last year, said Amnesty International Malaysia (AIM). With nine executions in 2016, Malaysia is among 23 countries that executed 1,032 people globally. While the world is moving away from capital punishment, Malaysia is holding on to an archaic method of punishment with no proven deterrent effect," she said during the launch of the organisation's Death Sentences and Executions Report 2016 on Tuesday. New death sentences, however, increased in 2016 to 3,117 compared with 1,998 the previous year. Shamini also called on the Government to be more transparent in the use of the death penalty.

Source: The Star April 11, 2017 04:41 UTC