MALAYSIA. GOVERNMENT HAS NO PLANS TO REPLACE DEATH SENTENCE BY HANGING

it was reported that the government of Malaysia had no plans to replace the death penalty by hanging with other methods of executions such as using the electric chair or lethal injection even though studies on other options had been undertaken. Deputy Internal Security Minister Chia Kwang Chye also said that from January 2004 to July 2005, approximately 52 convicts had been sentenced to death. "From this total number, 36 of them were convicted for trafficking drugs and 16 more were convicted under Section 302 of the Penal Code," he said.