National Human Rights Society (Hakam) chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan urged the Pakatan Harapan government to table the bill to abolish the death penalty as a “gift” on Human Rights Day, which falls on Dec 10.

“I hope that they will present the bill on Human Rights Day as a present to the people of Malaysia. I cannot see any basis for holding back on abolishing it,” said Ambiga during a forum on the abolition of death penalty titled “Rationale and Impliction” held at the Bar Council tonight...