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April 4, 2024

Malaysia: Perak to conduct pilot project to help women detainees generate income, says state prison director

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Women Asia Rehabilitation Malaysia

Perak will conduct a pilot project to help women detainees generate income in May, said Perak State Prison director Charin Promwichit Chem. Charin Promwichit said the ‘Penjanaan Pendapatan Bagi Wanita Bangkit Bersasar’ (Webawa) programme will involve female detainees on parole (ODP) and former fema…

September 29, 2023

Malaysia: anti-death penalty Asia Network wants centralisation of death sentence reviews

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Asia Death penalty Malaysia

January 18, 2022

Malaysia: detention conditions of people sentenced to death

Asia Access to legal rights Material conditions Death penalty Torture Social ties Malaysia

In 2018, Malaysia had a change in government for the first time since its independence. The new administration has committed to abolishing the death penalty for all crimes. Malaysia has had a moratorium on executions since this date.

October 26, 2021

Malaysia : Single mother with nine children sentenced to death for meth possession

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Women Asia Drugs Death penalty Malaysia

Incident has ignited fierce debate on women’s rights and capital punishment in Malaysia.

February 24, 2021

Malaysia: stop sending MCO offenders to prison, consider other alternative measures

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Coronavirus Asia Overcrowding Alternatives Malaysia

With Malaysia already facing an impending prison overcrowding issue where close to 70,000 are currently serving jail terms for various offences across the country, lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo urged the government to stop sending movement control order (MCO) offenders to prison as it will only worsen th…

December 18, 2019

Malaysia: eight AIDS-related deaths recorded in Kajang Prison as of October, says deputy director

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Asia Health Malaysia

Eight AIDS-related deaths have been recorded involving male inmates of Kajang Prison as of October this year, said its superintendent Shollehin Dahari.

June 11, 2019

Malaysia: abuse, collusion and obstruction: Malaysia’s prison problems

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Asia Malaysia

Ahnbhalagan Muthu died in prison in Penang last month. His wife claims he was severely beaten shortly before his death. His is the latest in a series of tragic cases highlighting issues with Malaysia’s prisons.

May 5, 2019

Malaysia: taiping prison opens handicraft gallery at Bukit Merah Laketown Resort

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Asia Activities Malaysia

Visitors will be spoilt for choice to see and buy various handicrafts showcased in a gallery at the Bukit Merah Laketown Resort here.

April 22, 2019

Malaysia heading towards smart prison systems

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Malaysia

The Malaysian Prisons Department is studying the viability of using artificial intelligence (AI) systems in its facilities. Its director general Datuk Seri Zulkifli Omar said smart technologies could be used to support management and administration within and outside prison walls.

March 13, 2019

Malaysia to keep death penalty, but no longer mandatory

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Malaysia

Malaysia has rowed back on an earlier plan to completely repeal the death penalty, saying that while the government will abolish mandatory capital punishment, it will leave it for courts to decide whether a person convicted of a serious crime will hang. The mandatory death penalty for 11 criminal o…

October 11, 2018

Malaysia says it will end death penalty for all crimes

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Malaysia

Malaysia’s new government said it will abolish the death penalty for all crimes and halt all pending executions, a rare move against capital punishment in Asia that human rights groups hailed Thursday as a major advance.

June 14, 2017

Malaysia: some 33,500 convicts in prison because of drug abuse

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Drugs Malaysia

Some 33,500 of the 59,600 convicts in prisons in this country are because of drug offences and they represent 56 per cent of the total number of prison inmates nationwide. Director of Inmate Management of the Prison Department, SAC Nordin Muhamad said of the total, 71.3 percent of those in prison a…

June 7, 2017

Malaysia: ‘prisons are for rehab, not punishment’

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Malaysia

PETALING JAYA: Suaram adviser Kua Kia Soong has urged the public to show interest in the treatment of Malaysian prisoners so that the authorities would feel pressured to respect their rights. Speaking to FMT, Kua said mistreated prisoners could end up being a bigger threat to society after their re…

May 30, 2017

Malaysia: prisoners’ access to healthcare and quality of care is bad, says Suhakam

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Health Malaysia

Suhakam report, in detailing how inadequate healthcare is in prisons, notes insufficient sick bays, inadequately trained doctors and severely disproportionate number of doctors to prisoners.