THE DEATH SENTENCE IN MALAYSIA - DOAN THI HUONG WILL PROBABLY FACE

Source: Reuters After the trial yesterday (3/02/2017), Doan Thi Huong has been charged with "murder" under the Malaysian Criminal Code and would risk facing the death penalty in this country. How is t he death penalty in Malaysia specified? Is there anything different from Vietnam's Law? In Malaysia, the death sentence is only for very serious crimes such as rape, murder, treason ... and particularly the foreigners accused of this sentence in this country is not exempt. And only appellate court has the power to declare the punishment. When conviction of death sentence in Malaysia, whether it likes or not, the appeal process is mandatory for any circumstances. And when he is sentenced in the appeal court judgment, the only way to escape the death penalty is to get clemency of law . There is a special thing , the death penalty in Malaysia is executed in the form ... hanged. Perhaps this is the most remarkable thing about the death penalty in this...