PETALING JAYA: The government cannot commute the sentences of those currently on death row as amendments to the law have yet to be finalised, says law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.
He said the government will conduct a public survey on the amendments before a first reading of the bill in the Dewan Rakyat in October, adding that he was confident the revisions to the law would be implemented by January at the latest.
Wan Junaidi said the moratorium on executions, implemented in 2018, would remain so long as the amendments to the law were yet to be finalised.
On Friday, the government announced that mandatory death sentences on 11 offences would be removed, giving judges discretion in sentencing.
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