Datin Paduka Hajah Seripah Noli Syed Hussin, a government...

Datin Paduka Hajah Seripah Noli Syed Hussin, a government backbencher, called for the death penalty to be imposed on those convicted of incest, stating that the perpetrators of this crime should be given the heaviest punishment for causing their victims to suffer for a lifetime. "It is best that they be given the death penalty or stoned," she said when debating the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill in the Dewan Rakyat. She said Malaysia should follow in the footsteps of 37 countries, including China and Pakistan, which implement the death penalty for crimes like incest.