Vivian Balakrishnan says capital punishment continues to have public support as a deterrent and to protect society.

Following the government’s announcement that a comprehensive study on the total abolition of the death penalty will begin in ...

A total of 863 inmates facing the death penalty have had their sentences commuted or reduced, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman ...

The Federal Court today upheld the conviction and death sentence on a father found guilty of murdering his two-month-old ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian man was hanged in Singapore on Thursday for drug trafficking, raising the number of executions in the city-state to 11 this year despite renewed calls to abolish ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian man on death row for trafficking heroin is to be executed this week in Singapore, anti-death penalty activists said Monday, renewing calls for a halt to capital ...

K UALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 — The government has confirmed that a comprehensive study on the total abolition of the death penalty is set to begin in January 2026, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s ...

The Shah Alam High Court has sentenced a man to death after finding him guilty of murdering his girlfriend's parents and her ...

With violence against women and girls escalating to its most brutal expression – sexual assaults and murders of minors – ...

Malaysia must stay on an irrevocable path towards the total abolition of this cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment’ - Nicole Fong ...