On the proposed death penalty for those convicted of...

On the proposed death penalty for those convicted of raping minors National Unity and Social Development parliamentary secretary Datuk S. Veerasingam said the said the matter needed an in-depth study before a decision. He also the death sentence should be only for serial rapists. "Serial rapists must not be allowed to be in society. They should either be jailed for life or sentenced to death as such people are very, very sick ... These people are like a disease ... they commit the offence and repeat it, over and over again. Therefore, they must be kept away from society."