The Malaysian Bar wants Putrajaya to walk the talk and do away with the mandatory death penalty, irrespective of offences.

"The Malaysian Bar urges the government - if it is indeed determined in this regard - to table a Bill in the current session of Parliament to put an end to the mandatory death penalty...," said Bar president George Varughese in a statement today.

Varughese lamented that the government has made announcements on doing away with the mandatory death penalty, but no concrete action had followed.

"We regret that despite the government’s repeated announcements over the past several years that it had been looking into abolishing the mandatory death penalty, no draft legislation has yet been tabled," he said...